One of the fun things that were created during the 17th century were small purses in the shape of a three dimensional frog with a bag inside of the body. A number of them still exist in museum collections. They are totally useless except to make you smile; they might hold a coin or two but not much else.
A group of us are studying and sharing all kinds of embroidery techniques. We decided that we would make a frog purse. Mine is a common English frog with an interesting difference. A Scottish variety of the frog can be a peachy tan instead of the more common tan/green. It is made of needlelace with covered wire legs and a rust silk bag. I used a lucet to create the drawstring.
One member is doing a bright pink frog and another is doing brightly colored Caribbean tree frog.
Here is an example of one of the antique ones.
This is the front of mine...
And here is the back
Another heirloom of the future. He is gorgeous and reminds me of the brightly coloured frogs we have in our wildlife pond. Look forward to seeing more treasures.
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