{finally!}

this quilt is {almost} embarassing to share, having been a work in progress for over 2 years!! oh my.

this is a modern take on the i-spy quilt for my oldest son, who is NOW 4. this quilt started when his favorite color was green {i've been informed it's now red}. this was my first foray into collecting novelty prints for little boys. i had no idea how many prints i would need. apparently, not as many as i have now collected.

this quilt was completely inspired by a quilt Carolina Patchworks did for her son. i loved the simplicity of the pattern and the chance to let the fabrics stand by themselves. what i didn't take into account was all of the different size squares/rectangles and the time for cutting. even done in sections, the quilt took a while to piece.

the next decision with this quilt was figuring out how i wanted to quilt it. i'm not a free motion quilter, but i loved the thought of curved quilting with all of the straight lines already going on here. after it sitting for a YEAR i decided it just needed to be done. i found this tutorial on wavy quilting and jumped in. it's silly, now, to think that it took me so long to get this done. i love the quilting, LOVED doing it and am so glad to have this quilt for my boy.

you can see the quilting on the back. i had thought to go even a bit more dense, but ran out of green thread.

all in all this quilt was a stretch in growth for me in so many areas. i'm glad to have it done and be enjoyed by little munchkins.

quilt stats

size: 64"x84"

pattern: idea from carolina patchworks modern rose garden

fabrics: lots of boy novelty, kona grass green, alexander henry

i-spy

quilt number 3 out of 4 was an i-spy quilt for my middle son. the realization i had was if i continued humming and hawing over a pattern as i did with my first son's quilt, #2son might never get one. i decided to embrace "simple is better", the focus being the awesome fabrics.

i was extremely inspired by melinda and her onslaught of i-spy quilts and originally was going to do charms alternating with solids pattern. after getting all of the spying charms cut, though, i was in no mood for more charm cutting. i wanted to be done. i decided to cram 'em, frame 'em, off set 'em {the good old modern way}, and embrace some fun quilting. i'm so glad i did. i love it!

my boy loves blue and whales. done and done. this fabric could not have been more perfect.

as far as the charms go, when i first started collecting {modern} novelty fabric for boys, i WAY overestimated the amount i would need. this has ended up in quite a varied collection of fabrics.

he loves his quilt and loves all of the special things he knows i put in there just for him {like his initials and birthday year, tons of whales and a woolly mammoth}. it's just perfect.

quilt stats:

size: 67"x90"

pattern: 5"charm squares off set, framed with borders

fabrics: kona water, white; alexander henry, lizz house, lots of heather ross, david walker, echino, urban circus, dr. seuss, ed emberly, and some various others