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My neighbor has a new grandson, so I was looking through my stash (which isn't very big these days...I'm trying the theory of use what I have). I realized I still have "I Spy" fabric and some of the squares are already cut!!
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I went on a cutting frenzy and cut all my I Spy fabric into 4 1/2" blocks.
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I know what you're thinking..."I Spy", who makes those anymore? Are you thinking that?... maybe not...I'm just thinking you're thinking that. Anywhoo, whenever a teacher has a baby at my husband's school or a friend has a baby, I most always make an I Spy quilt. People still come up to me today and say...you know that baby quilt you made my son, well, he loves it and still drags it every where. Now that he's older, he loves the matching game.
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I Spies are great for the bright colors for infants and as the child grows older, the quilts become a learning tool for colors, letters, shapes, animals, objects almost anything.
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You can turn this older I Spy idea into a new look with the sashing fabric you choose and the border fabric. Most of the time I use a great black and white polka dot for a border or sashing and always for the binding. It really makes the quilt pop.
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Yikes...I really tooted the I Spy horn here...you'd think I was starting an I spy company...all I'm doing is giving some squares away!!!
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Ok, I'll shut up now.
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You will receive two 4 1/2" squares of each of the 64 designs for a total of 128 blocks. You can set them in a number of ways:
- I take one set of squares and make the quilt. Set it 8 blocks x 8 blocks (32" square) or 7 blocks x 9 blocks (28" x 36"), this measurement is without sashing or borders.
- then you take the second set of matching blocks and make fabric cards to play a matching game when the child is older (they love this).
- or you could just take all 128 squares and make one big quilt
- or make 2 quilts out of the 2 sets and forget the matching game.
No matter how you make them, these squares are always great to have on hand for that quick, small quilt you need to make for a gift. All my fabric is pre-washed and comes from many different place. I have I Spy fabric from quilt shops, Jo-Ann's and Walmart just to let you know.
Easy rules: just leave me a comment and I'll pick a winner next Saturday September 19th.
These are all 64 designs: animals, sports, dance, foods, holidays, shapes,bugs, trucks etc...
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row 2
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Hope you like this one and good luck,
~Karen~
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