Play I Spy With This Adorable Quilt!

We all know the game – I spy with my little eye…well an I Spy Quilt is basically a quilt that helps you play that game!

Materials Needed

– High Loft Polyester Batting  – White or low volume background fabric  – Backing Fabric  – Various scraps of fabric with pictures, motifs or recognizable patterns  – Pinking Shears – Heat n’ Bond Lite

STEP 1

I used two white-on-white fabric remnants and pieced them to make the total size of my background fabric. I cut it large so I could trim it later.

Cut or piece your Background Fabric

STEP 2

Using your pinking shears cut out various images to play I Spy with. See below for some suggestions.

Cut out your I Spy images

STEP 3

You can use any kind of lightweight double-sided fusible product to prepare your I Spy Images for attaching to your quilt.

Fuse Heat n’ Bond to the back of your I Spy images

STEP 4

We are going to attach the I Spy images using some super simple beginner free motion quilting and I didn’t want to have to bury my threads.

Baste your Background Fabric to your Batting

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I Spy Quilt – Video Tutorial

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