I agree with you 100% yonnikka! So glad you decided to join! I like lots of different things in my I Spy quilts and I like lots of different styles--cartoonish animals and more realistic ones, a variety of colors, objects and prints that might seem to be boyish and girlish, etc.
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I am in. First time in this swap. Sounds like fun. I have made several I Spy quilts for kids of all ages and I use almost anything.
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They're on their way.....
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Susan Sendt and marybrace - Thanks. I will be watching for it.
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Welcome. Glad you joined in the swap.
Originally Posted by marcialee
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I am in. First time in this swap. Sounds like fun. I have made several I Spy quilts for kids of all ages and I use almost anything.
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thyme2quilt - I received your package today. Thanks.
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Happy to hear it arrived:)
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Originally Posted by yonnikka
(Post 6365149)
I feel chatty. I'd like to tell why my fabrics for this Swap are not specifically"Juvenile" or 'Childrens' Prints.' When I look at the "childrens" designs, they tend to shout "BOY" or "GIRL" or sometimes "GIRLY-GIRL". Or, they may be more for infants such as rubber duckie, baby rattles, diaper pins, etc. For me, that means that they are too ultra-specific and not appropriate for a 5-year old. I believe that an I Spy quilt is, or can be, more of a Word-learning game, a Vocabulary building, and possibly a Spelling lesson, when words are incorporated into the design of your quilt. If I feed a child a strawberry, shouldn't it look like a real strawberry? Children are eager to learn new challenging things, not stereotypic kiddie stuff that they learned already two years previously... they are headed into a real world, which needs to be identified and dealt with, one bit at a time. For these reasons, I tend to put in recognizable items that are beautiful, rather than too childlike. I like things like seashells that can appeal to either boys or girls.
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I received packages today from frizzymama13, SusanSendt and Marcia D. Thanks ladies. Marcia D I sent you a pm.
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Charlotte..........I bet you can't guess what got mailed today...........and mailing it is such a pleasure.........since the little post office is in a little store that sells fresh vegetables and baked items.......the treat is the free samples at the counter..........boy are those cookies yummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..............
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