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Monday, May 16, 2011

Bloggers Quilt Festival

I'm joining in the fun over at Amy's Creative Side with the Spring Bloggers Quilt Festival!


Today I am sharing a recent favorite quilt -- my all black-background I-Spy quilt! I just love the look of this quilt, with it's all black-background spies (in pairs! It's a matching game!) and the bright pop of turquoise in the border, binding, and backing.



I started this quilt last December when I really needed to procrastinate getting some Christmas gifts done. Turns out, though, that it made the perfect Christmas gift for my nephew -- and it also renewed and rejuvenated my soul to create something so fun! Timing is everything, even when you may not think you have the time! I had so much fun going through my ridiculous stash of I-Spy squares and sorting out all the black ones. In fact, my stash is SO ridiculously big that I was even able to pick and choose things especially special to my nephew -- even with the color limitation I gave myself.



I backed the quilt with a super soft fuzzy backing, which gave it that extra snuggliness I was craving.
This quilt is definitely in my top ten favorite I-Spy quilts!

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18 comments:

  1. CammieMay 16, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    I love it!

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  2. martilindseyMay 16, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Your i-spy quilts are awesome!!

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  3. Riel NasonMay 16, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    I LOVE I-Spy quilts. I am a big fan of novelty fabrics. You must have an amazing selection in your stash to do one just from black. It looks cool. I am making an I-Spy quilt now with 400 different squares -- plus more in the border -- so Fun!

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  4. UnknownMay 16, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Love this quilt. It's so pretty and inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work.

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  5. siobhanMay 16, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    It's gorgeous, I love the colours :)

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  6. Rosalyn ManesseMay 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    Black--what an original idea

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  7. JanMay 16, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    What a fun I Spy Quilt. Love it.

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  8. TiffanyMay 16, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Oh my. You might have just inspired me to actually try my own I-Spy quilt. As long as there are two of each square. Imagine how many hours could be spent searching for the matches! I love it.

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  9. Julie FukudaMay 17, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    Ive made a few "I Spy" quilts and think they are as much fun for the maker as the kids that get to play with it. I like the idea of putting pairs. I am also amazed you found that many black prints.

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  10. jovaliquiltsMay 17, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Very nice! I've made about 10 I Spy quilts and now every time I make it a different way (just for fun, because it's boring always doing the same thing). I love your black background one -- and the turquoise is a great choice to make it pop!

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  11. Ms MuffinMay 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    I totally understand why this must be one of your favourite quilts! It is just precious!!! I love the black background!

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  12. Linda at Roscoe's MaMay 17, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Very nice! Love the black I-spy thing!

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  13. sewbetchaMay 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    Love it! Can't wait to do an I-spy someday

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  14. stitchinpennyMay 18, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Such a fun I spy. I bet he loves playing wit it and cuddling in it.

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  15. TaylorMay 19, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Hi:) I absolutely love this quilt. And I wanted to let you know that I used your angry birds tutorial, it was fabulous and really easy to use btw, and I posted a pic of my finished product to my blog http://a-life-of-smiles.blogspot.com/ . I linked to your blog and the tutorial for the angry birds from the post. Thanks so much for making the tutorials:D

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  16. Laurel H.May 19, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    I really like your I Spy quilt! My BQF entry is an I Spy quilt, too.

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  17. KalliMay 30, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    I love this quilt. I was just wondering when you are going to do another swap or if you knew of any? I was also thinking about doing one myself. Is it hard to do?

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