I Spy Charm Square Swap

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Swap Coordinator:	Ky (contact)
Swap categories:	Sewing
Number of people in swap:	15
Location:	International
Type:	Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:	September 27, 2010
Date items must be sent by:	October 15, 2010
Number of swap partners:	3
Description:
Want to create one of these lovely I Spy Quilts for that special little someone in your life? I want to make a couple of them for Christmas so I need a little help from my friends! :-) This is a swap for 5" charm squares of fabric suitable for "I Spy" quilts. That would be 100% cotton of good quality that has a fun or interesting print. For example, I recently got some that had baseballs, another with umbrellas and another with dogs. It can be either a print that is large enough that you can center an image in a square or a small all-over print that children could identify. An "I Spy" Quilt is one made up of squares of these interesting fabrics and then children can have a great time playing the "I Spy" game and trying to find things. When you are making one it helps to collect squares from a lot of different people so that you get an interesting variety. This is a very economical swap because 5" charm squares cost very little to mail. So, lets send 5 different 5"charm squares to 3 partners each. You cut up 15 5" squares from 5 different fabrics with interesting prints and send them to each of your 3 partners. Clear as mud? :-) Ask away if you need more information! Also, if anyone is interested in obtaining more squares, I will trade with any extra people who would like to. In other words...I will have my three partners but I will also send squares of my five different fabric to any others in the swap who want to trade extra. Now have I really confused everyone!? I hope not...come play I Spy with me! The not-so-small-print- In order to participate you must be a seasoned swapper with a good swapping history, no unexplained no-sends, no funky, weird history that might look suspicious, no random crankiness or unwarranted bad language. I will ban you from the swap if your swap history contains such weirdness! Or...if I just take an unreasonable dislike to you! Just kidding...sort of! :-) But hey...let's have fun! Ha-Ha-Ha!

Discussion

Ky 09/13/2010 #

Let me know if anyone is interested in swapping extra by having me as an additional partner!

alysowl 09/13/2010 #

You know I am! Do you want girl or boy, uni or does it matter?

Ky 09/13/2010 #

Great Alys! I will take Uni, our girls like bugs and dinosaurs too! :-)

bettflow09 09/13/2010 #

I love I Spys!!! I am in a huge swap in another group where we all choose letters and when we receive our squares we have a full set A-Z...woohoo!!!

I've got this one in watch for now and will have to think a little bit on it:) I am used to swapping 6 1/2" I Spys Hum....well??? Wouldn't hurt to collect some 5" too now would it? lol. Would be pretty awsome to make a another type of I Spy:) May just have to give in and do this one too:)))

Ky 09/13/2010 #

Ohhh...an Alphabet I Spy Quilt.....now there's an idea! Oh bother...now I am going to have to collect even more squares! :-)

snailgirl 09/13/2010 #

I was doing 6" i spy squares for a while too... but those swaps seem to have stopped... I guess i will have to trim them down... I love the idea of an ispy quilt....

MistyPup50 09/14/2010 #

I did an I Spy baby girl quilt. The novelty squares were 4 1/2" (before sewing) and were surrounded by a 4 patch square. Here is the link and you could adapt it to any size square I'm sure. I used pink & white for one of the 4 patches and turquoise & white for the other 4 patch. Turned out pretty good.

http://quiltville.com/ispya4patch2pf.html

Ky 09/14/2010 #

I am okay with making them 6 inch if everyone agrees! I'll send a message to everyone and we'll see what we come up with!

MistyPup50 09/14/2010 #

I would also love to swap extras Ky. I hope to have a little more time this winter to make some more baby quilts for the NICU and PICU and the I spy quilts are very fun.

Ky 09/14/2010 #

Okay, I have messaged everyone to see if 5" or 6" are preferred, I'll report the results soon!

Ky 09/15/2010 #

Okay, the consensus is we leave it at the 5" charm squares.....most ladies said they were easy and didn't care....and then a few said they would go either way but would prefer the 5". (We won't tell who are the "easy" ladies! :-)

So....5 " it is....the hunt is on.

scarlett1110 09/17/2010 #

I'll swap some extras, too, Ky! I'm always looking for squares for my boys' quilts that I may finish one day:), hopefully before they are grown

enid 09/22/2010 #

I made a rag I Spi quilt once for a child starting kindergarten and it included numbers, letters, shapes, primary and secondary colours, animals and seasons such as Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's Day and I was able to have an item in it representing every letter of the alphabet. The quilt even went to school for Show and Tell time.

Ky 09/25/2010 #

I'm loving the idea of an alphabet I Spy Quilt more and more.....oh dear...that means even more squares to collect! :-)

Ky 09/29/2010 #

I'm sorry I was a little late in assigning partners ladies! Next time someone send me a virtual kick!! :-) Partners are assigned now, so send out those charm squares!

Wibbly 09/30/2010 #

Ky I would be interested in sending you some extra if you dont mind posting to Australia in return let me know :)

snailgirl 10/ 6/2010 #

i dont know if anyone is reading here... but here is a cool use for these charms...

http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.com/2008/12/handmade-christmas-gift-idea-8-quilt.html

Gixxychic 10/ 8/2010 #

I am in Australia - working on an I spy quilt - I have a few 4in squares & 5in. Would be happy to make a few swaps!

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JeffThorsen777 04/10/2023 #

A very creative idea. Being a spy doesn't mean you're doing something bad. I realized this when I went to the link https://theteensafe.com/iphone-spy-app/ and found out about spy apps for the phone. I can't be with my son all the time. And the application can show me the correspondence and calls from his phone. And I don't have to worry about my son and where he is.

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