Whitney60

I would like to make a baby quilt of little novelty squares. Tractors, food, books, bikes etc. ,"things that would catch the eye of a little one. I found a couple, but aren't very exciting. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Donna

Annaquilts

Maybe look for Eye Spy type of fabric? I only see precut fabric in charms though. I made a quilt using strips I cut from all kinds of bright colors and kid's prints but I cut the strips from my own fabrics.

sprice

You could put out a request for interesting fabrics. First decide what size you want to use. I certainly would send you a few interesting patches. Who doesn't love surprises in the mail!

Jordan

You could request those kind of fabrics on this board. I have sent out pieces of fabric to other QB members who just need a little piece of novelty fabric. You would be amazed at how quilters always want to help one another. I know I have some novelty fabric but it is in the shed in our back yard and at this time we are so snowed in that I couldn't get to it for awhile. Just PM me if you have something specific you would like ie: animals, cars etc. Also, you could specify size of fabrics you need.

KalamaQuilts

a number of ebay sellers sell these, just look for I Spy fabric
seem to be quite reasonable

wesing

I participated in a couple of I-Spy swaps on this board. You cut 3 fabrics into squares and sent it to the host and got enough unique squares to make a quilt. I have als collected enough half yards to make my own kits, but that took a while.

QM

Lots of good ideas here. I look forward to seeing your quilt. When I was getting ready to make a crazy quilt, I went to the LQS and got 4.5" of a dozen interesting fabrics. Swapping sounds better to me. Probably others would like to make an eye spy too.

Austinite

Www.greenfairyquilts.com is where i buy jelly rolls and other precuts in bulk

quiltingshorttimer

Mo. Star Quilt Co has an ISpy layer cake that you can cut down (I cut into 5" charms) that is a good selection for kids. They may also sell in other precut sizes.

SherriB

Are you wanting 2.5 inch strips of fabric or squares? I would gladly look through my stash and send you some if you want.