I Spy Quilt #2

 I did it...... I finally finished the other I spy quilt. I joined a swap a few months back and 100 squares. When I laid them all out it was huge!! So I decided to pick out my favorite boy fabrics and make a I Spy Quilt for my son. I made six rows of six. For a total of 36 squares that are 6x6.

I wanted it to be different than the one I made before. I tried quilting for the first time. :) It was scary at first but really fun once I got used to it. I love how it turned out!

This time I also decided to do a border around each square. It took a bit longer to do but I love how it frames each square. I really enjoyed trying something new and stepping out of my comfort zone. What's something new you've tried lately?

Colors Quiet Book

As you all know I LOVE making quiet books. There is just something about the little pieces and the different kinds you can make that is addicting. When I was little I had a farm quiet book and I LOVED it! I would put the felt animals on people's sweaters at church and on the bench in front of us. Maybe that's when this love for quiet books started.

I made this Colors Quiet book for my daughter last year. My very first one! Since then I have made two others and I think my sewing skills have improved quite a bit but I just thought it would be fun to share it with you.

Colors Quiet Book

For the cover I went through my scraps and tried to pick out each color I used in the book. I really love the different colors and patterns.

For the pages I just used white felt and then used heavy interfacing and sew the pages together.

I wanted to use items that my daughter liked at the time. I also hand stitched all the colors and then sewed them onto a piece of fabric that matched the color.

The fish bowl is my favorite page. Later I decided to add a back to the fish to help with durability. You can also take the fish in and out of the bowl.

My daughter LOVES ducks so I knew that for yellow there would be ducks.

Green Frog

Blue bird

It seems that every quiet book for purple they do grapes. I hand stitched the grapes on at first and learned later how bad an idea that was. I plan on making some new grapes with velcro.

For Brown all I could come up with was Chocolate Ice Cream with a cherry on top.

Pink Flower

For the back cover I hand stitched a little message to my daughter.

I had a hard time figuring out how to bind this book. I didn't know about grommets at the time so I just punched holes in the pages and used metal rings to hold the book together.

I then took some of my leftover scraps and tied them in knots on the rings. For this being my first ever quiet book I think it turned out great don't you? There are a few pages that I need to fix but that's how we learn right?

Shapes Matching Game Tutorial

I've had this idea in my head for a while of a shapes and colors matching game. Yesterday, I was finally able to make it. It's pretty self explanatory but I'll include a mini tutorial for those of you who want some instructions.

Supplies:

Felt in various colors

White or cream felt for the cards

Scrap fabric for the back of the cards

Fabric for the bag

String or ribbon

Sewing Machine

First off decide what shapes and colors you want to use. I didn't use a pattern for any of the shapes but if you needed one I'm sure you could just use some clip art to help you.

Next cut out 2 of every shape and color sew them onto some cream colored felt. I used a face card as a pattern.

Once you have all your shapes sewn on the felt it's now time to make the back of your cards. If you wanted to you could just leave it felt but I wanted to add some color. Sew your shape to the fabric right sides facing out. I left a little edge on the back fabric and used my pinking shears to add some texture.

That's it! Now your ready to play!

When your done you can put them in this little bag for easy storage. The great thing about this matching game is that it has shapes and colors. It's a great way to help your little one learn colors and shapes in a fun way.

I hope this made some sense. As this is my first ever tutorial. If you have any questions or need some help please don't hesitate to ask. Happy Sewing!