I am getting so excited to get all the Spoonflower swap squares back (I cut mine yesterday!) – and then comes decision-making time.
What to make with all those precious squares??
Today I’d like to share a few of my I-Spy projects with you. Hopefully this will get your creative juices flowing so you can come up with something fantastic to use your swap squares for!
If you are completely overwhelmed by all those squares, and at a loss for where to begin, you can start by sorting. There are infinite ways of sorting your squares – and that is half the fun! I have sorted by theme – animals, food, sports, vehicles, girly, boyish, alphabet, etc. After I’ve spent a little time sorting, ideas seem to start popping into my head.
Another way of sorting is, of course, by color! (Check out Susan’s amazing quilt on my bulletin board there in the background – a daily inspiration!)After spending some time sorting a few weeks back, I came up with a theme that needed only a little bit more filling out before it could become a quilt all its own – KITTIES!
My daughter absolutely adores kitties, so of course she needed a kitty-themed quilt! Certainly there are many other themes that could emerge and become their own personal quilts – food, vehicles, animals, etc.
If you just want to make one fantastic quilt with as many squares as you can, here is a SUPER simple way to make a quilt with sashing and setting squares to break up and calm down all those I-Spies – without having to cut and sew each one of those itty-bitty setting squares and sashing strips. It’s actually a Disappearing Nine-Patch! Check out the tutorial HERE.
Now of course you don’t have to stick with just quilts. You can take those precious I-Spy squares and spread the I-Spy love into a few different projects!
How about an ABC I-Spy Book?
Or soft and squishy I-Spy/Storytelling Blocks?
Or, check out these FABULOUS ABC I-Spy beanbags made by Kiersten, one of my readers. Are you DYING to make them?? I am!!
I hope these projects get you feeling I-Spy inspired, and ready to tackle those Spoonflower squares! I am SO READY!
Love the idea of using a disappearing 9 patch for the I spy fabrics! : ) When I get mine, I was thinking of splitting them into 3 piles – girly, boy-ish, and either. I’d take the “either” pile and split it between the other two to make them even, and then make 2 different I spy quilts – one for my son and one for my niece! : )
YAY! Thanks so much for having me as a guest! :o)
I’ve been collecting fabrics for quite sometime for an I-spy quilt, so I’m thrilled to see this post! I love the disappearing nine patch!
I guess I’m not the only one who is wowed with the disappearing 9 patch! When I first saw the photo, I thought it would really be a lot of work, but that made it easy! Thanks!
I wasn’t able to participate in the Spoonflower I-spy but I did Care’s last swap and am loving all of the fabrics I got my hands on. Great inspiration, Care. Those ABC books are fabulous. I’m currently working on a set of I-spy placemats and will be sure to post a pic on your flickr group!
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Good Morning!
I’m new to your blog…love it and I love this post! Very inspiring…so many new ideas running through my head!
Blessings,
Laura
I LOVE the i-spy book! I’m totally going to start looking through my stash to see what I can do.
I love checking Care’s site and flicker group to see all the fun I-Spy. I am looking forward to joining the next swap!
Care has the best ideas!!! so many good ideas that i still don’t know what i am going to do with all those squares!!!
Such great ideas! They make my fingers tickele … I really should stop reading your stuff, Care! You keep on adding to my to-do list!!! :-)
Great ideas!! I’m so excited – mine are sent off and I blogged pictures here: http://vivayne.com/2010/08/22/i-spy-swap-for-spoonflower/ and if I remember I will post to our Flickr group.
Woa Its gonna be good and a great deal of work.