Matching I Spy Quilts

I have been working on two I Spy quilts for my grandchildren.  They have already been quilted and are ready to be bound.  I used 5 inch charms and scrappy strips to the piece the two.  I will have to take pictures of the backs of the quilts as they are quite different.

Though it doesn't look that way they are identical in size.

CHILDREN'S FLANNEL RAG QUILTS

These are my first attempts at rag quilts.  Since I wanted to see how quickly one could be made I decided to use a single, but busy flannel fabric for each of my granddaughter's and grandson's quilts.  I chose flannel so they would be soft.

I was quite surprised how much fabric it took to make the quilts.  And oh boy, it took forever to snip them after they were sewn.  A day to sew and a day to snip.

 But they are nice and thick and wonderfully soft.  The kids love to cuddle with them.

CHICKEN SCRATCH Scrappy Baby Quilt

CHICKEN SCRATCH Scrappy Baby Quilt


This is a quilt that made for my grandson.  Several years ago I was into making these little chicken doorstops.  They were made of crazy quilting squares and filled with rice.  I'll have to find a picture of one of the chickens.

Well, going through my scrap box I found a ton of these crazy squares I'd made and decided to put them together in a quilt.  As a crib quilt I wanted it to be soft so for the first time I used a modern micro-fiber fabric for the backing.  It turned out really nice and is one of my favourite quilts.

I did my typical crazy doodling quilting.  The name for the quilt came to as I was doing the machine quilting.   The navy fabric is flannel and the crazy squares are cotton.

WIP - Scrappy Purple "I Spy" Quilt

SCRAPPY PURPLE "I SPY" QUILT

I pieced this quilt last summer expecting to give it to my granddaughter who loves purple.  I had a few children's fabrics that were OK for an I Spy quilt so I used them.  Though after making the quilt, I started swapping I SPY fabric online with other quilters and ended up with a ton of great fabrics.  I ended up making matching I Spy quilts for both our grandchildren using the new fabrics. This quilt was pushed to the side.  I need to quilt it.

Using up all my scraps here...

I started with 5 inch charms for the centers and simply adding sashing as I went along.  I didn't measure the sashing using what I had.  I squared up each block to the same size so they would go together.

Machine-made Cathedral Window Baby Quilt

This quilt is my first attempt at a machine made cathedral window.  As I went along I learned how to make it better.  Should I attempt a second one in the future I will be able to make it much quicker.

This is back.  A smooth side for laying baby on.


I was going to edge stitch the folded fabric to make leaves, but found it too thick and difficult to manuver.  Instead I made a wiggle pattern which turned out much better and was a lot easier to do.  I am all for easy.


The quilt is quite thick and very texturized.  I think it will be very nice to keep little hands busy.  It think it will be a very rugged blankie that will last years.