Purchased cute fabrics, had some in stash, and swapped. Personally I would not purchase FQ's for this.

I wouldn't want for us to have to fussy-cut the squares; that would be much too labor-intensive, and I don't think anyone would want to pay the additional money it would cost for us to do that.

So, to keep it simple, what if the fat 1/8's were cut to 9" x 22"? Then you could get several fussy-cut 5" or 6" squares out of each piece. Would that work well?

That would work well! I'm trying to put together a combination eye-spy / paint box / square in square quilt and regular 1/8ths are too small for the centers, while fat quarters are too big and I've got a lot of leftover material.

Yes, I did all of those to get fabrics to make my grandson's I-Spy. He loves it!! Mostly bought FQs and charm squares for fussy cutting.

I think your idea to package specifically for I-spy quilts is really good!!

What do you think of these, for groupings? I'm thinking of bundling eight fabrics together, and then people could choose however many groups they thought they might need:

- fruits
- veggies
- junk food & sweets
- domesticated animals (farm animals, cats & dogs)
- wild animals
- sea creatures
- birds & bugs
- religious (in case anyone was doing a baptism/christening gift)
- sports
- holidays
- household objects (tools, toys, etc.)
- "things that go"
- "girly"
- summer/beach
- music

What have I missed, that might be useful?

Could someone describe an I Spy quilt for me? I just see simple large blocks with some major "cutesie" fabric here and there. Is there a system to making one or a plan?

Why not do up some charm packs with a variety of fabrics? I have hosted numerous I Spy swaps and I find the smaller prints that don't need to be fussy cut work well, easy to cut.

I have made 3 I SPY quilts and Fat 8ths would be good for me, that way I would have enough for more than one quilt.

When I was putting them together, I liked having a mixture of everything, not necessarily for a boy or a girl. A girl can handle a tractor on her quilt and a boy can handle an apron or something (but probably not ballerina slippers). LOL

I think fruits could go with veggies as someone interested in either would probably want both.

I think it would also be nice to offer more variation in packaging... say three, five, or eight in each category.

I would probably be in the market of three from several categories but would not want eight from music.

Hope that makes sense, others may have diff viewpoints of course!