I Spy Polaroids Progress

At the end of last month, I stumbled across our local Modern Quilt Guild. I attended a meeting earlier this month and found the group to be warm and welcoming. One of the best parts though? Every 3 weeks, they have a "Sewing Saturday" when everyone comes together to stitch and chat for 8 hours. Today was the first since I've joined the group, so I gathered my supplies and headed over.

I spent the day working on I Spy Polaroids. I had gotten as far as fussy cutting squares from my fabrics last weekend and when I laid them all out, something immediately jumped out at me.

I Spy Polaroids

Several years ago, I first learned of "I Spy" quilts. They are typically intended for kids in the 1-5 age range and offer tons of educational opportunities. The basic idea of the quilt is that it is made with lots of different fabrics, all of which have nameable elements. This allows the kids to find and name the various images. There is no one pattern for I Spy quilts, as long as you are using lots of different representative fabrics, you're there.

2013 Quilty To Dos

I already told you about some of my quilty plans for this year, but for my sanity and your enjoyment, here is a list of all the things I want to make this year. (I'm sure this list will grow, they have a way of doing that...)

Learn
Stitched in Color's Curves Class
Pile o' Fabric's BOM Skillbuilder

Give
Jewelry Roll
Spacey Baby Quilt--This is to be paper pieced for a little one due in June. Time to get moving. ^_^
Wordy Wedding Quilt

Play
Mood Quilt
QR quilt (?)

Enjoy
Jewelry Roll (Yes, a second one. I desperately need one!)
Iron Caddy
Pressing pad/cutting mat transporter
Wall hangings for bedroom
Fabric "buckets" for my sewing room
Art quilt for my office (?)
Gift bags
Holiday garland

Progress
Mother's Love
Handstitched
I Spy Polaroids
Wonky Rainbow Squares
Turtle Quilt

Quilty To-Dos

So many projects, so little time! So they will quit flitting about my brain, this is a list of my things to quilt/sew. In rough order of completion dates necessary.

Things with Deadlines
1. Disappearing Nine Patch Neutral Wedding Quilt (Nov)
2. Dancing Squares Neutral Picnic Blanket (Dec)
3. Baby Dress (Dec)
4. Drawstring Gift Bags for Christmas (Dec)
5. Baby Outfit/Quilt (April)
6. Baby Quilt (June)

UFOs
1. Mother's Love
2. Turtle Quilt

For Me
1. WRS
2. Handstitched
3. I Spy Polaroids
4. Project Tote Bag
5. Iron Caddy