Eye Spy 01

I have a theory about Eye Spy quilts....and here it is....there are very few that I'm in love with.
Sounds like more of an opinion than a theory. Well...it goes like this...

I believe that to do one right, you need to gather fabrics until you're blue in the face or until you turn 90, which ever comes first.

Collect things you love like Paddington bear.

Even the Beatles. (but maybe not since it's a bright - what do you think?)

Then...put some thought into it...don't just slap those "jessies" together in rows, bind it and call it a quilt...put some LOVE into it, for goodness sake. That's the theory part.

Now...below....you will see what I mean by love: (notice the ribbon...it's from the Asheville, NC quilt show last year)


I'd love to talk to the woman who made this and know her thought process for:
1 - Criteria for collecting the fabrics - reds, blacks, tans then there are some that are wildcards
2 - Why this particular quilting pattern - I love it. Hand quilted, mind you.
And I'll go ahead and say....If I had the moolah...I'd have paid that $4,000 in a heart beat. It's worth every penny.


Look closely and see how some of the fabrics are vintageish, indianish, etc.
They don't seem to be tea dyed but they all work together like magic...
What's the secret???


I'm not sure but it makes for an extremely interesting Eye Spy quilt....
Any guesses on how this came about? I get the whole process of light and dark but the fabric collection and hand quilting....

there is a quilt genius among us some where.