I Spy Quilt #3

 I've been working on this quilt for a few months now. I finally finished it this weekend! :) I used Sandra's Tutorial  from Sew In Peace. Overall it was easy to put together and I love the end result. It's different than the other two I've made seen here and here. 

I also decided to stipple this one. It's tricky to do but really fun. ;) 

 For the backing I bought the binding fabric for that but the quilt ended up being a lot bigger than I thought. So I just used a bed sheet I picked up for $5.

I also made my own bias tape. 

I love how it's so different from the ones I made before. Overall a fun and time consuming project.

I Spy Book

Remember this quilt? I had a bunch of squares leftover from the swap I joined back in June and wasn't quite sure what to do with them. Since both my kids have I Spy Quilt's I was reluctant to make another. But then...... I saw this great idea to make a I Spy book.  It was just too cute not to! 

I spy Santa, a red strawberry and a girl in a blue dress. Can you find them?

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 I really love how it turned out! The best part is it's accordion style so you can fold the whole book out and play I spy.

 Then when you are all finished you just fold it back up. I followed this tutorial pretty closely except I decided not to do a snap closure. 

This is also a great way to use up some of those scraps you've been saving. You bet there are going to be more of these in the future. :)

A girly I Spy Bag

For Christmas I made this I spy bag for my nieces. For the objects inside I used old buttons and little knick knacks from my stash.

I also made a little card that has everything in the bag. I wanted to laminate it but instead I just used that clear plastic stuff and sewed the card inside.

I attached a metal ring to a piece of ribbon and punched a hole in the card so it can be removed for younger children that can't read. They love just looking at the items too.

I've been saving this heart fabric for something. This was just perfect!

Here is a list of all the items I put in the bag. I wanted to have lots of items in there and I wanted it to be challenging as well. It was a huge hit! My nieces LOVE it!

I also made one for my daughter but need to finish filling it. I'll post pictures of it when I finish.

If you want to make a I spy bag too a great place to look for items to stuff your bag is on ebay. I bought a random assortment of buttons and things a while back and used a lot of those for the bag.