Spoonflower I Spy Assortment: Alloy Set, from Crafterhours
I normally think of spring as my dress sewing season, not my quilting season. The weather is staying warm now, my garden is in full bloom, and the idea of pretty printed cottons against my skin is mighty appealing. Uncharacteristically, though, I find myself wanting to make up a new quilt, not new dresses. Maybe it's because there are so many great new quilting books out at the moment or maybe it's because of the kick in the pants provided by the Spoonflower staff picnic a couple of days ago where we were embarrassingly low on staff-made quilts, but I am this close to a new quilt plan (and not at all close to a new dress plan).
If you're in a quilt-making mood yourself, enter this week's drawing for a giveaway of assorted I Spy squares curated from the Spoonflower marketplace and pre-cut by the lovely blogging and crafting duo Adrianna and Susan at Crafterhours. (Not sure what an I Spy quilt is? An I Spy quilt is an interactive quilt that can be used to play the I Spy game. It's sewn from fussy-cut fabrics featuring motifs that are easy to identify. You can browse a Flickr pool of I Spy quilts here.)
If you're our giveaway winner, you can choose your fabric set from either the I Spy Alpha, I Spy Eden, or I Spy Alloy sets. (That's an Alloy set pictured above.) Just leave a comment on this post or on the corresponding Facebook post, and as always, do include your Spoonflower screen name or some other means of finding you easily. Entries close next Tuesday, 5/8 at 7 pm EST and we'll announce a winner on 5/9. Good luck, everyone! This giveaway is now closed and we'll be announcing a winner shortly.
Speaking of great new quilting books out now, the winner of last week's giveaway of Denyse Schmidt's Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration was Carmen Lingenfelter–congratulations and happy quilting, Carmen!
What great material! Thanks for the giveaway!
laurahughes at charter dot net
The sets they put together for the I Spy assortments are awesome! Would love to do some work with them! (robyriker)
What an adorable gift this would make. Thanks for the chance
(username; auntiethesis)
shel704 at aol dot com
What a great giveaway and what an awesome quilt I could make with this…thanks for the chance to win.
lib_lgn@shsu.edu
I have little ones who would love an I-spy quilt. Great for picnics!
This would be fantastic for the baby quilt I wanted to make for a friend. I love charm packs!!
Oh… I am so addicted to I Spy Quilts! I love SpoonFlower!
I would love to make an I spy quilt!
I spy…with my little eye… something that is AWESOME!
Would love to make an I Spy quilt – and these sets are wonderful.
How funny, I was just thinking about making an I Spy quilt for one of my friend’s baby. I thought, what a hassle to get all of those different fabrics in! – lkglioness
That would be awesome fun to work with. What a great idea for a giveaway! tb0969
These are fabulous! My daughter would absolutely love an I Spy quilt. What a great giveaway! Darrell- Hillary
I love this idea and cannot wait to try making one of my own!!! (I’m Halaylah, by the way.)
Fabulous idea!!!!
boothch@gmail.com
How fun! I just found your site and was so excited I immediately made an account and shared your site on my blog. I love the I spy idea!
outofsmallthings8.blogspot.com
fromsmalltogreat@gmail.com
How wonderful! An I Spy with these fabrics would be great.
I love it, how fun-derful! -lysandraw on spoonflower
Having emigrated to Canada 2 years ago I’ve been dazzled by all the lovely quilting cottons in the fabric shops… so bought my first scraps at the weekend to try it out and now comes this competition! Great fabrics! Yes please!
I’d love to make an I Spy quilt some day. 🙂
I love I.spy quilts! Thanks for the chance.
Actually this kind of made my day, I just picked up a quilting mag yesterday since I’ve decided that I’m ready for my first quilting experience. This would be a fantastic beginning project for me!
Fun fabric!
flowerchild22
Love the fabric and the game idea!!!
I am one of the participating designers for the ‘Alloy’ set!
So awesome of a giveaway… Thanks Spoonflower & Crafterhours!
^_^ – (PinkSodaPop)
My two-year-old grandson is pretty great at ISpy. We would love to play.
Lynnn
My god-daughter’s mom just asked me for one of these quilts a week ago! I’d love to make her one! Thanks for the chance! SpnFlwr name = craftymapmaker
I am getting into Cathedral window quilting right now and would love to make an I spy cathedral window quilt for my little boy Zak 🙂 these fabrics look perfect, bright and stylish, something Zak will want to keep and pass onto his own children 🙂
I’m a quilter so I’d love to stitch up an I Spy quilt. I have yet to make one and would love the playfulness in my life.
binksandtobes or binkiege(at)gmail(dot)com
Those look like great fabrics!
Thank you for the great giveaway! My spoonflower username is Alim
I LOVE I-Spy and storytelling quilts. spoonflower name: nutella nutterson or nutellanut at gmail dot com
hmmm anyone who wins these would be lucky – they look amazing
Wouldn’t I just love a pack of goodies like this??!! Yes, I would! My Spoonflower name is the same name I’m signed in under.
I’m ready to make my second quilt!
I would love to win some of these fabrics!!
email: iamlilymunster at gmail dot com
I am absolutely obsessed with I-spy quilts right now and am in the process of making one for my little guy as well as my nieces and nephews- Winning this would be the perfect addition to my stash! Thanks for the chance – audrajjensen at msn dot com
Seriously, I was JUST looking for scraps to make an I SPY quilt. This would be great! PICK ME!
quilting never goes out of style.
I spy a lovely collection there!! What a great give away!!
Neat giveaway! I’m also pretty proud that my Origami Animals is part of the I Spy Eden collection. Good luck, all! (drizzlydaydesignco)
how AWESOME! localredvine…
I love the Eden mixture. What a fun quilt.
Shannon
MyHeart4Him
that’s a terrific idea!
love the picks!
mariao
I am slowly collecting prints for an i-spy, so this would be awesome! marcijdebetaz (at) hotmail {dotcom}
love the fabrics.
what fun!
(meghansever)
Hi – this is a fun looking bundle. I have 3 little boys, I Spy is a great game to keep them occupied for a few minutes. We love taking turns doing the ‘spying’ and the ‘guessing’. Would love to sew a sweet I Spy quilt! jlwhite (at) sasktel (dot) net
My 4 year old daughter would have a blast 🙂 darcymcmanus@hotmail.com is my email. Crossing my fingers 🙂
What a great idea for a fabric collection. These would make a great quilt or pages in an activity book. My son loves iSpy!
Elizabeth
I’d love any of them. They’d make a great quilt to donate to a charity auction. I am Dollie_Mama on Spoonflower. Thank you!
Love it! littlefooteslab(at)me(dot)com
These are neat! Princessmax is my spoonflower handle.
I’d never heard of I Spy quilts – what a great idea! (jenimp)
yay fabric! what a great idea!
Just starting to learn about Spoonflower and making custom fabrics. First heard about Spoonflower at a Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild meeting. didi N-T
I love their I spy sets. I am crhaines.
Please enter me. I would love to win! Debbie H spoonflower ID is gussek
Would love to win these fabric cut-outs, and have lots of fun quilting them.
Oh that would be so much fun!!!
This is a great idea! Sign me up! my spoonflower name is s_lukjanovs. Thanks!
I would love to make an ISpy quilt!
Great prize!
I haven’t made an I-Spy quilt so this would be a great way for me to start one! My personal screen name on Spoonflower is scarlettrose
Love I-Spy Alpha set! You’ve done all the hard work for me!
nancy.mangel@gmail.com
Beautiful fabric! Would love to sew with this! [marks1009]
Oh I’d love to win this! I think my little one would enjoy playing the game 🙂 I think I’d pick the Eden set but they are all lovely!
theowlclub {at} rocketmail {dot} com
http://theowlclub.blogspot.com
My two boys would love this on those long car rides to grandma and grandpa’s house!
i can’t believe how many talented people there are out there! i love all the finalists entries and would love to have the fabric to make an “i spy” quilt.
donna
madkat@tampabay.rr.com
Working on my first wall quilt with Spoonflower fabric…(a ceanirminger design)complete with adornments and embellishments. Am I mad? But I would love working with a variety of fabrics for a I Spy quilt for a grandchild due tomorrow. We still have our 34 year old, beloved I Spy book, which is much better than the newer version. Love you Spoonflower folks and all the artists and designers. Such talent out there…it gives one hope for the future!
I love the fabric! This would be a great way to get back into quilting. Thanks for the opportunity!
zuzu@cpaag.com
Tommyandjimmy would like to be included in the giveaway contest. What fun!
That looks like so much fun!!! I LOVE Spoonflower!!!
Perfect to make a travel blanket for my grand daughter 🙂
I love a chance to win and make an I spy quilt for my first grand daughter, kira! Thank you for the chance.
I’m Sewicked on Spoonflower & this looks great!
Lovely sets, and a great idea! Thanks for the giveaway chance. (jkatajisto)
This is just the perfect opportunity to make that I Spy quilt I’ve been thinking about! Great fabrics!
What a great assortment of fun fabrics!
I continue to be amazed and inspired by all the creative folks’ designs. What a cool way to get to see your designs in fabric. Thanks.
My grand kids would love an I spy quilt.
Susan
What a great idea! I’m nikky7311 or http://www.nikky.ca
I’ve wanted to make an I-Spy quilt for my grandnieces though do not have the novelty fabrics for it. This is a great idea! Thanks for the giveaway. spoonflower MarciaW
An Ispy quilt has been on my to do list. I would love to make one for my nephews. Spoonflower name AliCoe
What fun to make for the grandkids. Would love it. -lydianna
I’m working on an ISpy right now and going broke buying “just a little more” fabric. : ) Would be thrilled to win this for sure! Thanks for the chance. – alliegerlach
What an awesome idea! My niece and nephew would love one of these hand quilt by their Auntie Michelle.
I was always too lazy to put together an ISpy set…you made all the hard work easy. Thank you!
Brilliant – what a great idea to sample gorgeous designs.
What a brilliant idea! I would love to win these fabrics and make an i-spy quilt. Thanks for the giveaway.
Jo
I’d never heard of an I spy quilt, but what a great idea! And such a lovely selection of fabrics! This is something I’ll have to try! (naiadkitty)
Ooh! How exciting, I love the I Spy Alpha fabrics! Thanks for the opportunity.
You can contact me at: http://brightandshiny-lovelyandgood.blogspot.com/
So cool, thanks for sharing! I can be contacted at stitchymanda@gmail.com
My daughter would spend hours NOT sleeping with this wrapped around her! Great project for me to hurry up and finish too. ~Laurena (jorielmg)
I would love to make a quilt with one of the spy sets. They are so cute.
These fabrics are awesome! I would love to win!!
This would definitely make my day.
Babies blooming all around me! And mine are college age! So, I have the time and a wide audience to give to!! 🙂 This would make my summer just splendid!
Wow, what amazing fabric. Love it!!! Thanx for a chance to win!
Esther.
I love Crafterhours! Their I Spy packs are so cool!
Love the idea of an I Spy quilt. What a great collection of fabrics. Andrea courtanza@gmail.com
Love the idea of an I spy quilt. Great fabric collection!! courtanza@gmail.com
I would love to make an I Spy quilt!
What a fantastic give away. Yay!
I love I Spy Quilts – I’ve made one each for two of my sons and one for my grandson…. now I just have a grand-nephew to make one for – I bet he’d love this collection – LuckyFry
what a great giveaway !! thanks
marci
cool – what a fun idea!
what an awesome idea! i’d love to make an ispy quilt for my niece. i’m knottygnome on spoonflower
Maybe if I started now I’d be able to create one of these in time for my friend’s kid to actually enjoy it, heh. I still need to work up the courage to try a quilt… (I’m Oraxia at Spoonflower, too.)
I’ve been following Susan at Crafterhours for a while now and she led me to you! So happy I found you both. This is a great giveaway- thank you!
bethprops@gmail.com
I would love to win one of the I Spy Alpha set! My mom is working on an I Spy quilt for my 18 month old son.
This would be a wonderful birthday gift for my twin girls! So love to win!!!
I’m collecting I-spy charms, and these are gorgeous. Please count me in the draw!
Helen
Every.tower at gmail dot com
What a super fun quilt this would be to make!!