Yesterday afternoon I spent my time making I Spy kits for easy Project Linus quilts. This is my ongoing attempt to use some (a lot) of my fabric stash. My quilt bee meets twice a month and last meeting several of us brought our sewing machines. A good use of our time and surprising how much you can get done when in company of your best friends.
A number of years ago I made some I Spy quilts for Project Linus and had quite an assortment of leftover 5"squares cut of fabrics that I had purchased just for that purpose. What fun I had picking out fabrics with dogs, robots, elephants, and airplanes, etc. There are so many novelty fabrics available and I purchased many of them at WalMart. This was not the time to splurge on quilt shop fabric. The way that I have been laying my squares out it takes 63 different prints, I bought fat quarters, 1/3 yard pieces, remnants, and joined in on a couple online exchanges. One thought, if you are going to participate in an exchange, be sure to splurge and buy quilt shop fabrics for your contribution, nothing worse than receiving a bunch of junk 5" squares back from the exchange.
It was time to put all this to use and I kitted enough for four I Spy quilts. I'm sure I have enough squares for another six or eight more quilts, may have to do a little more shopping to make up the sixty three prints. I can easily sew one I Spy quilt at Bee and I have four kits ready to go along with two shirt apron kits. WooHoo!
Hugs and stitches
Betty Lou
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