The Frog Prince - This Was "Hot" For A Few Years

I should probably bring them back.  It took forever to do their flippers though, each frog needed 4 of them, and each flipper had lines of sewing on it (they were two layers of felt).  I found I was doing three dozen pairs of legs at a time, then the frog bodies in green and white, then the tunic shirt which was done separately and dressed on the frog BEFORE the hand flippers were sewn on.  I’d detailed the collar with white lace and they each got two gold bead buttons on the front.  I stuck with red, pink, purple or deep blue for the tunic shirt.

Eyes were 6 mm black beads, the flippers were all added by hand, and it was a lot more laborious than most of my other things, especially for something this small.  Nose to leg’s toe tip was 8 inches. I sold them for $5 each. 

And yes, people did ‘kiss’ them.  I’d make them in batches of 20 at a time. Just production line – doing all the flippers, all the legs, all the shirts, etc.  The legs were hand applied.  The shirts didn’t come off once you put the flippers on.