You all did a fine job explaining the 'I Spy' quilt. Wait till you hear about mine. One day I saw the 'I Spy' quilt on Fons and Porter's PBS show. At the time my house looked like a nursery school, with toys in a bookcase and large riding front end loader in my livingroom. Although my daughter was an adult and long gone, there were neighborhood kids around often, with another batch in the oven. LOL While visiting a quilt shop in next town, I saw these templates for the 'I Spy' made by Fons and Porter, so of course, I had to have them. The boy across the street loved Pokeman, and I still had fabric left from a vest I had made him. When I returned home, found a box and cut out the pokeman. Then going through my stash, found a few more novelty fabrics and cut those. My excitement grew with each fabric I found. When I was done had only 20 hexagons, but figured it was a start.
Now six years later, the box a little dusty and on a shelf in the sewing room. I recently came across that box that once excited me so. Inside I found the templates and 20 hexagons. The only explanation I have, is that there was something new on the next quilting show that got me headed in yet another direction.
My sewing room is full of patterns never made, gadgets hardly used, and books I had to have. Any of you have similar problem?