I Spy Swap With Girl Theme Twist
 

I Spy Swap With Girl Theme Twist
Spy Swap Dead Line to Join is February 16th, 2015


Please cut your charms before joining.

Charms need to be in my hands by February 21st, 2015
Will start swapping on February 23rd, 2015

If you would like to be part of the I Spy Charm Swap, here are the guidelines. Please read carefully:

1. Please pm me telling me that you want to enter the swap. In the pm please tell me how many sets you want to do,name and address along with board name. I will then send you a pm giving you my mailing address.


2. We will be swapping sets of 10 charm squares, each 5 inch square. You may send more than one set of 10 charms, up to 12 sets. Each set that you send to me CAN be cut from the same fabric (or 10 different fabrics) . You should be able to cut 10 five inch squares from around 1/4 yard of fabric depending on the design spacing. If you send more than one set, please use a different fabric for each set. I will divide up the charms randomly and return back to you 10 different charms per set. At least that is the goal, and I will try hard to do that! (If you send several sets, please realize that you might get duplicate charms in return.) If you do the twist no fabric from your originals are to be in there.


3. Please send 100 percent cotton only. Prewash or not prewash is exceptable . Squares should be carefully rotary cut from 100% cotton fabric. Keep in mind that your squares could end up in a child's quilt. Select fabrics that will hold up to a lot of love, wear, tears, draggin', cuddlin', washing, and trips through the dryer. Fabrics that fray easily, or are fairly easy to see through are not good candidates for this swap.

Please be advised that fabrics that are not square, squares too wonky or too off grain, squares that are shedding, squares that contain selvages, or those that are not 5" square will be returned unswapped. Be accurate in cutting the 5 inch squares. The novelty design should be good size, not tiny...it needs to be easily recognizable from a distance.Try to have the character centered on the charm as much as possible.

Be creative in your shopping...it would be great to not have too many sending me the same fabrics! In doing this I've only had a couple doubles. If you want you could post pictures of fabric it helps others in what they will send. Not a must though. Please no flowers, lines, solids,etc. These will be returned to you. We need more children fabric. Trucks, houses, food, characters , sports, camping, lets did dig deep and send in different things. License fabric is welcome. Children's fabrics please!!

4. Place each set of 10 charms in a zip lock sandwich size baggie. INCLUDE your name, address, and QB name on a piece of paper and put it inside baggies. (Labels on the outside baggie are wonderful)Please buy postage or concealed cash put in your envelopes. You just need to give me the correct postage. If postage is not included I will have to wait to send your charms back until you send the correct postage. I will provide flat rate envelopes they cost $6.10 now. Try to get the new "forever" postage that's available for flat rate. anyone who sends that won't need to send cash. Please include an address label to return to you.
****Outside the US needs to add more postage for it will cost more. I'm sure when you send it you will know what to send. Please send correct amount for I will not ship until correct amount is received.****

5. The last day for me to receive the charms is February 21st, 2015. I will post when I receive your charms. If you are sending them from outside the US, please keep this in mind as it sometimes takes weeks for packages to arrive. I will divide up the charms During the week and send out by February 28th , 2015. Anything received after February 23rd, 2015 will be returned to you.I will start the process of swapping on the 23rd of February , 2015.

6. Now for the TWIST Girl Theme
We will do 10 sets of 10 blocks each girl theme. Put each set in its own Baggie . You need to have at least two sets in the original swap. You don't have to do the twist. This is optional. You also can choose to do 1 , 2 5,7 set of twist or 10 sets . No set number.
Now this means anything about girly. What ever you would want in a girls quilt.

Remember to send in what you would like to receive back.
Let’s have tons of fun,and of course you have to follow all the basic rules, found here.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-20154-1.htm

I'll sign up for five sets, no twists. I may change to more later, but I've already cut the five. : )

Started cutting mine-will let you know when I am finished. I
Love this swap!

OkAy ladies. Just let me know when you are ready.

Got mine ready to go- 10 regular and 10 twists. Will send next week when I send my SP package. Thanks for doing this swap it is so much fun!

Thank you and will put you on the list.

I'm in Owlie, I'm just waiting for a shipment of fabrics to come in. I'm thinking 4 sets. I can't remember what I ordered. lol, I know I have 1 set cut and I'm working on fussy cutting the second set. I know I ordered 2 Novelty fabrics. Maybe 3, I can't remember. But, anyway, I'm safe with 4 sets, NO twists.

I would like to do 8 sets and 2 twists.

I am in - I will let you know how many very soon.

So, don't you always wonder what everyone does with all these awesome charms? Here is a link to a picture of my Christmas I spy charms from earlier this year, well....that swap and about 4 others PLUS my stash and my mom's stash.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t259706.html

Nice job PeginCo, it's awesome. I never thought about doing a Christmas I spy. And, it kind of grows with you. You made it two sided. How fun! :)

I am in also, I will let you know how many once I get to the store and get cutting them. Looking forward to this I have been wanting to do a i spy quilt for awhile.

We are off to a great start and I have you all down. As soon as i reach 10 players and the rest of you tell me how many sets i will start a list.

WELCOME to the swap everyone. Remember tp pm with your address and sets please and I will pm you back with my address where to send them to.

I plan to join as well not sure on how many sets for each yet. Will send you a PM once I figure that out!!

Wonderful will add you to the list and wait on sets. ��

Mine went in the mail today-says they should be to you on Tuesday Sandra.

I'm in, too! Like some others, I don't exactly how many sets & twists yet. Will PM once I know.

So far we have

1. mrshalibut
2. Bullock2us --------------- 10 sets 10 twist
3. Judith1005 -------------- - 4 sets
4. deeincolorado ------------ 8 sets 2 twist
5. PenginCo
6. suzmcdan1214
7. owlvamp
8. kylersky
9. sew_busy
10. sewbizgirl --------------- 12 sets (Received)
11. Library.Lil

Owlvamp - it's been a year since I last swapped, but I'd like to join again. I've had a lot of fun making these quilts and sought out fabric this year with ISpy quilts in mind. I have three boys - so most of my fabrics are cars, robots, subway maps, etc. I saw you mentioned a boy twist in April... But if the group doesn't mind - I'd like to swap these boyish fabrics for this swap. I have 12 sets of 10 charms in each set. No twists. (I used all of the girly charms I had received in previous swaps on a quilt I'll be gifting soon.)

I even bought a new gadget so that I could do more of these swaps in the future - a martelli 5" template with a fussy cut window. So excited about these quilts. Do you guys post pictures of your quilts on another thread? I'm always looking for new ideas on layouts.

Kind regards,

Tracy

Welcome Fiestypixy yes your fabric for the regular swap is perfect. Pm with info please and I'll mail you mine so you can mail .

1. mrshalibut
2. Bullock2us --------------- 10 sets 10 twist
3. Judith1005 -------------- - 4 sets
4. deeincolorado ------------ 8 sets 2 twist
5. PenginCo
6. suzmcdan1214
7. owlvamp
8. kylersky
9. sew_busy
10. sewbizgirl --------------- 12 sets (Received)
11. Library.Lil
12. Fiestypixy --------------- 12 sets

Hi, Tracy! I love seeing what everyone does with their blocks also! Here is a link to the Christmas I Spy I did this year:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t259706.html

and here is a link to my I Spy board on Pinterest (for ideas):
http://pinterest.com/mom2precious1s/quilts-i-spy/

and here is a picture of the fold out I Spy books I make for The Children's Hospital in Denver (the books alternate between full pages of very busy fabric and pieced pages of charms and even scraps left over from cutting charms, which I save in a basket)

ETA: Owlvamp, you can sign me up for 12 sets and 10 twists. Thanks!

PeginCO

and here is a picture of the fold out I Spy books I make for The Children's Hospital in Denver (the books alternate between full pages of very busy fabric and pieced pages of charms and even scraps left over from cutting charms, which I save in a basket

i loved your Christmas quilt! And the ideas on your board for the bean bags and matching game are also neat. Which pattern do you use for your fabric books? I think my boys would enjoy those on road trips when they can't lay out their quilts.

Kind regards, Tracy

Tracy - this is the tutorial I used:
http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/09/1...ic-i-spy-book/
I thought it was pinned to my I Spy board, but when I looked for it, it was not...maybe it is on my "give" board instead since they are for the hospital. Anyway, I modified it a little (and enlarged the pages), but this is the basic idea.

Thank you!

I am excited to join my first I Spy Swap. I have 5 sets cut and have started looking for fabric for the next swap.

Welcome sent you a pm . Will put you on the list.

PeginCo love all the ideas you give us. Thank you!

love those I spy books-what a great idea. Might have to look into making something like that!

I am so excited about this swap. I would like to do 12 sets, I don't understand what the twist is if someone could clue me in on that part

I pm you donna873.

1. mrshalibut ---------------
2. Bullock2us --------------- 10 sets 10 twist
3. Judith1005 -------------- - 4 sets
4. deeincolorado ------------ 8 sets 2 twist
5. PenginCo ----------------- 12 sets 10 sets
6. suzmcdan1214 ----------
7. owlvamp -----------------
8. kylersky -----------------
9. sew_busy ---------------
10. sewbizgirl --------------- 12 sets (Received)
11. Library.Lil ---------------
12. Fiestypixy --------------- 12 sets
13. donna873 --------------- 12 sets
14. Mommiepainter --------- 5 sets

Okay, I'm cut and bagged and ready to go! I've got 10 sets and 6 twists. Twists include rainbows, tea cups, tea pots, mermaids, cowgirls, and more!

My sets will go in the mail today!

These are wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing the link. The directions and tutorial are wonderful. Very clear and concise. Your books are awesome. I am sure they are a very welcome to distraction for the kids. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks !! Just a reminder that shipping is $6.10. How ever you want to put it in the envelope is up to you. Cash or stamps. Thanks

Sandra,

I'm shipping mine out today. It's 12 sets and two twists.

Okay will watch for it.

1. mrshalibut ---------------
2. Bullock2us --------------- 10 sets 10 twist (Received)
3. Judith1005 -------------- - 4 sets
4. deeincolorado ------------ 8 sets 2 twist
5. PenginCo ----------------- 12 sets 10 sets
6. suzmcdan1214 ----------
7. owlvamp -----------------
8. kylersky -----------------
9. sew_busy ---------------
10. sewbizgirl --------------- 12 sets (Received)
11. Library.Lil --------------- 10 sets 6 twist
12. Fiestypixy --------------- 12 sets 2 twist
13. donna873 --------------- 12 sets
14. Mommiepainter --------- 5 sets
15. kele

Owlie, I am not going to mail yet. I want to get a bit more fabric to mail in that's different. Then I will have to take a break from the swap. My budget is a bit tight right now. So, I want to make the most of this swap if possible.

1. mrshalibut ---------------
2. Bullock2us --------------- 10 sets 10 twist (Received)
3. Judith1005 -------------- - 4 sets
4. deeincolorado ------------ 8 sets 2 twist
5. PenginCo ----------------- 12 sets 10 sets
6. suzmcdan1214 ----------
7. owlvamp -----------------
8. kylersky -----------------
9. sew_busy ---------------
10. sewbizgirl --------------- 12 sets (Received)
11. Library.Lil --------------- 10 sets 6 twist
12. Fiestypixy --------------- 12 sets 2 twist
13. donna873 --------------- 12 sets
14. Mommiepainter --------- 5 sets
15. kele ---------------------- 6 sets
16. babeyruth --------------- 6 sets