I finished my Frogs and Bugs charity quilt today. The name is really unofficial because I don't generally name charity quilts. Often times I don't even label them at all. This one will have a label, but the charity has very specific things that they want on the label, and a name for the quilt isn't one of them. The point person at my guild has labels printed, so I don't need to make the label either. But since it is made from fabric with frogs and fabric with bugs, I'm calling it my Frogs and Bugs quilt.
I quilted it on my longarm with a hand-guided all-over still water design. The thread is Isacord Spring Frost, and the batting is 100% polyester Soft Light-Loft from Mountain Mist (the charity requests polyester batting, but I don't like it). The binding is attached by machine to the back of the quilt, turned to the front, and machine stitched with a straight stitch on the front. The charity also requests that the binding (and label) be attached by machine. Apparently a lot of the quilts go to orphanages and they say having everything attached by machine holds up better to the orphanage's laundry practices.
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