Instructions: Step-by-step instructions for making your own frog
Transfer and cut out the templates
Start by transferring the templates to cardboard and cutting them out. Transfer the templates to the fabric in the same way, also marking a seam allowance of one centimetre. Then cut out the fabric and cardboard: you will need each template three times in total - both in fabric and cardboard.
After cutting, topstitch the fabric cuts close to the edge along the seam allowance. Then place the corresponding cardboard shape on each fabric cut and pull the yarn tight so that the fabric curls and encloses the cardboard securely. The fabric curls and the cardboard is therefore secure in the fabric. To hold the cardboard and fabric in place even better, zigzag back and forth. When you have finished, you will have covered three large outer and three small inner shapes with fabric.
Sew the fabric together
The next step is to sew the shapes together. Here you can decide whether you want to work with a sewing machine. In this case, however, test how well you can do this. You have layers of cardboard and fabric that need to be sewn neatly. We have decided in favour of sewing by hand.
Place an outer fabric piece and an inner fabric piece together, wrong sides facing, so that the smaller piece is centred on the larger one. Sew the small inner shape to the large outer shape using a blind stitch.
Then place two of these joined shapes together so that their small parts are opposite each other. Sew them together again with a blind stitch from one point of the curve to the other.
Now it can get a little tricky: Hold the third oval shape in position while you also sew it with one half of the bow to the bow of one of the first two shapes:
The open side of the oval serves as the frog's mouth. Sew them together by about two centimetres.
Finally, glue on two wobbly eyes and possibly a small bow and you have a funny frog with a mouth that you can snap open and shut!
