. . . give, oh, give . . .

. . . a l • o • n • g time ago, i made this quilt . . .

. . . you've seen it before . . .

. . . here's a secret about it, though . . .

{besides that whole carpal tunnel thing}

. . . it takes a lot of time . . .

. . . and i don't even want to think about the money . . .

. . . to come up with all those different fabrics . . .

. . . we had a fun fabric exchange . . .

. . . which, i admit, was

a great head start

in building my novelty print collection . . .

. . . but, still . . .

. . . whoa . . .

. . . anyway, the thing is . . .

. . . most of the fabrics that made it into i spy . . .

. . . really aren't fabrics that i want

to keep scraps of in my "stash" . . .

. . . case in point . . .

. . . chicken heads . . .

. . . some are cute and totally me . . .

. . . like these grammy glasses, for instance . . .

. . . how about this fun little

{slightly immodest}

cheerleader? . . .

. . . cheetahs, anyone? . . .

. . . various forms of transportation . . .

. . . a grand piano . . .

. . . your ever-popular banana bunches . . .

. . . and multi-colored apples . . .

. . . hot dogs, complete with ketchup, mustard and floating relish? . . .

. . . fourth of july commemorative fabric . . .

. . . including backwards flag . . .

{and sparkles}

. . . a pepperminty-ish hot air balloon . . .

. . . and every quilt needs an astronaut . . .

. . . and nice, sharp crayons . . .

. . . fwip fwopth . . .

. . . as tate would say . . .

. . . and this little gal . . .

{same problem as previous cheerleader}

. . . she's a favorite of mine . . .

. . . so i've been busy . . .

. . . fussy cutting . . .

{selective cutting of fabric based on the fabric's pattern or design}

. . . 4-inch charms . . .

{they'll be 3 1/2 inches finished}

. . . and i'm giving them away . . .

. . . 4 sets of 50+ squares . . .

. . . i know you're thinking to yourself . . .

. . . "oh, steph, you really don't have to do that" . . .

. . . and i'm thinking right back . . .

. . . "i know ~ that's what makes me so nice!" . . .

{name that musical}

. . . here's the catch . . .

. . . you have to pinky swear

you'll actually make a little quilt . . .

{google image "i spy quilt" for lots of samples/ideas}

. . . that's fair, eh? . . .

. . . leave a comment to win . . .

. . . and check back on saturday . . .

{i hope you didn't think i was actually giving away my quilt!}