It suddenly became obvious that our grandson Benjamin had outgrown his baby quilt and that I needed to make him a new one quickly! Fortunately, I remembered that I’d purchased and stashed a pre-printed I Spy panel several months before — just in case. To that center panel I added borders of black with red polka dots and binding of red with black polka dots. I even found flannel for the back in black with tiny red polka dots.
I used bright variegated thread to machine quilt around the printed motifs in the center and to do loops in the plain red border. The same thread was used to do more straight lines in the outer border. The quilt was ready in time for Benjamin’s third birthday in January, 2002, and measures 40 1/2″ x 48 1/2″.