This is my first attempt at a leadlight quilt. The green tree frog pattern was designed by Sandy Corry, and it featured in Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine (TBD). I had a lot of fun finding just the right batik prints for my quilt, for the frog, the branches, and the leaves. I am a mad frog lover, so this was one of those quilts I just *had* to make!
All pieces were cut out and ironed on to a calico backing piece, and then Instead of using black bias tape for the "leading" in the quilt, all the black lines were satin stitched with a black embroidery thread, before quilting. This was manageable only because the quilt is not too large. Going around some of the curves was... shall I say... "tricky"?! The cause of a lot of frustration and thread breakages, but please with the end result all the same. The quilting was minimal, just enough to baste the layers together.
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