Over the summer I'd participated in a character-print swap on the quilting board of Ravelry. And I found the bright bright colors in a fat quarter pack at the Fabric Depot outdoor sale. It was 8 fat quarters for something insane like $10. I couldn't pass that up!
It actually took me a while to figure out the best way to put together this I-spy. There are so many different ways to do an I-spy, but since the pieces were already cut for the swap, I was a little limited in my options. Also - I was trying to get the quilt done on my Christmas break between Spanish classes, so I couldn't do anything too labor intensive.
Here's what I came up with. Bright, colorful, not too fussy.
The backing is a solid piece of green fabric that I found on sale in the new Fabric Depot 'indoor sale' room. Good lord I love that place!!!
I just love making I-spy quilts, you can use them for a matching game, or to tell a story.... it *almost* makes me want to spend some time with an actual kid.
5 comments:
Love it! Very happy.
Thanks! It is very happy, and I just got a call from the mom - she loves it too.
I love the simplicity of it. So many of the I spy's are too busy (and yes even I think some quilts are too busy).
Love it! It's kind of an attic windows I-spy! Great way to use up those bits of "Whatever the heck am I going to make with this print?" fabric too! (I've got a lot of those...lol!)
This is so embarrassing, but I didn't even know there was a Round 2 of the baby-making process. I guess that explains why I never had any children...
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