My I Spy Quilt

I recently finished this quilt that I started in 2022.  Actually I probably started thinking about making this quilt back in 2020 & 2021 when I decided to REALLY sort out my fabric stash.  I had big tote boxes full of all kinds of fabric that were in no particular organized fashion after I had rooted through them over the years.  Ugh!  Some of this fabric was from the early 90s!  I took everything out of the boxes and sorted them in color piles.  This organization took almost a year for me to accomplish.  I spent a good bit of time sitting and looking at these color stacks of fabric and considering what I could do with them.  This is one of the quilts that came to life from my brainstorming.

One of my favorite quilt books and also most used quilt book is Jelly Filled by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique.  I had quite a few bright, fun novelty prints that I thought would be perfect to showcase using the pattern "Petit Fours" from the book.  Making checkerboard patches is pretty satisfying, and it was just a good time pairing up all of the fabrics.  Everything came from my stash except the sashing strips between the rows.

I quilted an edge-to-edge design called Bauhaus Baby, keeping with the square theme.  I love the way it all came together!

I can think of at least three other completed quilt tops waiting for their turn on the longarm that were also based on my old scrappy stash combined with Vanessa Goertzen's quilt patterns.  Most of the remaining piles of fabric were cut into 2-1/2" strips so I can easily use them up.  So much fabric and not enough time in the day!  

I had this very bold wide backing fabric in my collection, just waiting for an equally bold quilt top.  What a match!

This quilt is going to be donated, and I hope it makes someone smile.  It was a pleasure to make.  While I'm getting my quilt pattern business going, I'll have some more scrappy quilts to show off in the coming weeks.  Please come back and visit soon!