First frog done

This was yesterday afternoon's work:



The first of the Flapjack Frogs (pattern by Anna Hrachovec - it's from MochiMochiLand). Eventually there will be three of these, in different shades of green, plus a lily pad. It's part of my Christmas gift to my niece. I'm also going to see if there's a nice Dorling Kindersley or similar book about pond life; she seems pretty interested in that kind of stuff.

The only modification I made to the pattern was to embroider the eyes with perle cotton instead of using the lock-washer eyes, which are not 100% safe for small children, especially on knitted things.

I hope she likes them. I find the relative simplicity of the shape (and the expression) appealing, I hope she does too.

I also worked some on the quilt top in progress, I got a few blocks sewn:





Eventually these will be framed with two of the colors in the blocks (the pale turquoise and the coral) and there will be 35 of them. I'm already thinking if I have something in my stash that would work as a backing.