show me your I Spy quilts
 

I am wanting to make an I Spy quilt for my son. He has ADHD, Anxiety, and OCD. I thought an I Spy might help keep him busy, and calm him at the same time?! Anyway....not sure exactly sure if I should follow a pattern, or just sew a bunch of squares together or what. I would love to see your I Spy! Thanks in advance!

I made one for my grandson many years ago and just made 5 or 6 inch squares and he loved it and it was washed so many times because he dragged it around. Glad that I did not do anything too intricate. HTH

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This is our recent finish. We have another on the frame now using the same fabrics, but arranged differently. We collected half yards for years then cut them into kits when we finally had enough. You have lots of options for an I-spy: squares, bricks, hexes, strips, triangles, tumblers, or just about any shape really. Can't wait to see your pictures!

I hope mine will be as loved as yours, NikkiLu!
Wesing, you have some super cool fabrics in there! Thank you for sharing!

Unfortunately I don't have a picture but I did the hexagon "I Spy" quilts using 5 inch hexagons and the triangles, so there are no "Y" seams. I usually make 2 of each so the child can search for the other one. I like to collect children's fabric so my biggest problem is deciding what fabric to use.

I have done them for kids quilts, baseball using all MLB fabrics, and Christmas. The fussy cutting is what takes the longest.

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Here's 2 that I have made for nephews

I only have an 'in progress' pic of the I Spy I quilt I made for my GDS at the moment and it's not a very good pic at that. Apologies for the quality but I will take a photo of the finished one tonight and post tomorrow for you to see.

This is a D9P 'I spy' quilt I made for my sister's grandson.

I also used the D9P pattern, but I used solids for the the blocks that get cut. Had to do some thinking to get my blocks oriented correctly. Glad I had several fabrics with an overall design! My quilts have already been donated to charity, so I don't have pics.

Haven't made one, but want to someday, all beautiful quilts everyone! You may also want to check the 10 minute block, I think someone posted one like that not too long ago, might be in the gallery here, not sure if there's an "I spy" category.

I love collecting fabrics for I Spy quilts! So much fun!! <--Pun intended.
I made I Spy quilts for each of my grandchildren, and have now moved on to making them for my nieces' and nephews' children.

I use the Accuquilt Go Hex and Triangle dies in my Fiskars Fuse. Makes cutting a breeze. I can get the triangles all cut out in a few hours (versus by hand, which takes weeks!).

I like the hex shape with the triangle because the triangles form a star around the hex.

The green quilt is made using the Accuquilt Go! die, the orange quilt is a smaller plastic template which I painstakingly cut around, one at a time. The green quilt took me a few weeks, the orange quilt took over a year.

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I just took some 4 1/2 squares and put them together. I put doubles on a few and many are animals. I made it for my sister's grandson.

Here are a couple I've made:

I'd like to do an I Spy for my first grand-kid expected in January. Is there ever any organized swaps on QB for I Spy fabrics?

WOW I like all the quilts shown here!
And as I'm also fond of this kind of quilt I made some till now! Sometimes we made a little exchange to get enough different fabics!

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And I think it's great that you need no Y-seams for the hexies!

I made mine with Bug Jars like some others shown, but if I had to do another one, I would do an I-Spy (different prints) combined with Match Game (two blocks are alike). Especially for an ADHD child, it would assist them on trying to focus when they try to find the matching fabric, animal, object, etc.

Love the examples..My I spy pictures. I've made bigger ones, too. I like the matching game, too. Use a soft texture on the back may be soothing as well.

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This lady is the queen of I spy quilts. Here's a link to her blog. Just scroll on down and look at all the different patterns she has used for I spys. http://deeintex.blogspot.com/ she posts on another forum and is a real sweetheart.

I love I spy quilts I just finished 2 baby tops today - not quilted or bound yet.
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I did a bowtie: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t266123.html

Yes, there are I Spy swaps on this board quilt often. The last one just finished up not long ago, and we decided to wait til the Fall to do another one. Watch the swaps section in the fall...

Here are some that I have made.

I used this free pattern http://www.maryquilts.com/new-forest-bricks/

Love the shadowed squares! Giving me ideas for mine!
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I love jar quilts. Great idea for I Spy!
sandy

Fabulous quilt show, everyone! I love I spy quilts!

People sell sets of I Spy fabric on Etsy but be careful...many of them don't center the picture very well. PM me and I can send you a few squares of fabric...would 5x5" work? also boy or girl?

If you are doing 5 inch squares and want some veggies and fruit Missouri Star Quilt Company has a farmers market charm pack with two of each....fussy cutting is not an issue with apples, oranges and strawberries, etc. I made one for my DGGD to share at day care and the backing is bunches of carrots (guess who's favorite ) It is adorable when she very seriously says "My Great Grandmommie luvs carrots". I recommend the two of each because it is extra fun.

What a collection of fantastic I spy quilts. Thank you all for sharing and for making this thread, I've had a wonderful time looking at them all and one cute boy.

I believe that the child you describe should not have a quilt that is overly busy. It would be very frustrating. I used a disappearing nine patch that hope to be able to show you a picture of.

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All of these are so fun to see and have given me some fantastic ideas. :)

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I recently made this for my grandson's third bday. It was ALOT of fun to make!!

Here is mine. It was a class I took at my LQS, when I lived in the SF Bay Area.

I love this post!

some really great I spy quilts here. love them all!!

Missouri Star Quilt Co. (and maybe some LQS) sell a layer cake of I Spy fabrics--I'm using that and cut into 4ths (charm squares) as I'm making quilts for 2 oldest g-boys for Christmas--just plan plain 5" sq. with solid sashing/borders. I bought a bag of juvenile print scraps from my local Guild's "garage" sale last fall to add to it. Will leave me with enough for future quilts (g-children too young for full size quilts).

I've been trying to save squares for an I Spy quilt for our DGD, but I don't have enough to even start one yet. When I was cutting squares, I cut two of each fabric so she can play a matching game as well. I just hope she's not too old by the time I finish making the quilt.

These are some really cute I spy quilt. I like them all