Someone once suggested that when you cut the corners off a Snowball block you should keep them to make something, so as not to waste the fabric. When I made my Eye-Spy quilt I did that exact thing and this is the result.

I will never do it again – some scraps are just scraps and should be used to stuff a dog pillow.

If I ever find someone to give the Eye-Spy quilt to, I’ll add this as a play mat.

I’m not sure how long ago I started this runner but I know it’s been at least three years. This was a Guild class on Invisible Machine Appliqué taught by Susan Sharkey (from Texada).

My machine (Pearl) didn’t work well with the InvisiFil thread so I set it aside to finish on Ruby. Although the appliqué stitching worked better I didn’t care for the technique.

Why it took so long to get the quilting done I have no idea. I enjoyed the different stitches I used and once I got started it didn’t take long to finish.

This is the first project I completed in my new Texada studio.

When I was looking for a baby quilt for a friend I came across this pattern in a book I had bought from the Guild library. I had a number of kid’s novelty prints and thought this would work well with them.

I hadn’t really intended it as an eye-spy quilt but that is what the ladies at the Guild were calling it and who am I to argue?

The baby I originally intended it for is no longer a baby; I thought it would be a give-away but Pat has persuaded me to keep it as he expects there will be other babies in my future.