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Giveaway! Celebrating an I Spy Quilt

Written by Diane Harris on April 24, 2017. Posted in Blog, Giveaways, How-tos and Ideas

It will always be a thrill for me to see one of my quilts on the cover of a magazine. I don’t know if other designers feel the same, but it’s very exciting for this one.

Quiltmaker named the design “Can You Find It?” It’s bright and colorful and it’s easy to make.

Funny thing: I was never the least bit interested in making I Spy quilts. And then I had a grand baby! Now I have two little guys, and the ideas for I Spy designs just won’t quit.

If you haven’t picked up a copy of Quiltmaker’ May/June issue, look for it on newsstands now. It’s also available from Quiltmaker in paper or electronic forms.

It’s giveaway time on Stash Bandit! Becca bag designed by Joan Hawley; made by Diane Harris of Stash Bandit.

Let’s have a giveaway to celebrate. It will include a copy of the issue, a stack of 4.5″ novelty patches (more than enough to make this quilt), a cute zippered Becca bag, some quilt magnets I make and other quilt happiness. I think you’ll like the package that arrives on your doorstep! There will be three winners.

To enter, leave a comment before midnight Wednesday 4/26 telling me which part of quiltmaking confounds you. Your answers will become topics for my how-tos.

Thanks for visiting Stash Bandit. I’m glad you’re here!

The winners have been chosen and emailed: Diane, Helen and Carole. Thanks for being here and for participating! 

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Tags: easy quilt patterns, giveaways, I Spy quilts, scrap quilts

Comments (65)

  • Mary Crowther

    April 24, 2017 at 2:53 pm | #

    Chooseing the quilting design boggles me. Sometimes the quilt speaks to me and sometimes it doesn’t.

    Reply

    • Kim Moore

      April 24, 2017 at 7:53 pm | #

      What confounds me? The quilting of my quilts…I feel least confident about that .

    • Sherri Swoboda

      April 24, 2017 at 9:09 pm | #

      The most confounding part of quilting for me is basting the three layers together and having it come out smooth and even.

    • Deborah Sileven

      April 26, 2017 at 6:20 pm | #

      I’ve been quilting just a few years. I like when an article explains what is good about the technique they are teaching. Example keeping the , straight of grain on the outside of a block with the bias cut or why people use polyester thread for machine quilting, it helps my learning process. I’m still working on good color and style of fabric , how to mix them, and how not to. I like your little churn dash, and have some fabric I inherited that I didn’t know what to do with. Now I do. Thank you!

  • Mary Ellen

    April 24, 2017 at 2:59 pm | #

    The most frustrating part of quilting for me is matching fabrics. I’ve been told “just use the color wheel,” or “use the color dots on the selvage.” Neither really helps me. I have a hard time visualizing how the finished quilt will look with the various fabric/colors/patterns. And making it scrappy just petrifies me! Too many choices. Thanks for doing a giveaway. I love your work!

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  • Keri Wheeler

    April 24, 2017 at 3:06 pm | #

    Which colors and shades of colors to use with each other.

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  • Doris Zuellner

    April 24, 2017 at 3:11 pm | #

    The actual quilting of the quilt!

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  • Mari Linfesty

    April 24, 2017 at 3:19 pm | #

    Even after 32 years of quilting I still have a tough time making my binding ends match neatly at the very last seam. Also how do you do binding completely by machine that looks good front and back of quilt?

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  • Joanne Harris

    April 24, 2017 at 3:21 pm | #

    Figuring out a pieced backing is a struggle.

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  • Ramona Johnson

    April 24, 2017 at 3:22 pm | #

    Handsewing binding on… why?

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  • Diane Spaulding

    April 24, 2017 at 3:23 pm | #

    Putting the fabric together. Match? Similar? Colorado family. Overwhelmed me.

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  • Julie Gier

    April 24, 2017 at 3:34 pm | #

    Basting prolongs my quilt finishing!! I spray baste-usually on the floor-and I hate it!

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  • Fran Williams

    April 24, 2017 at 3:38 pm | #

    The quilting!!! If I hand Quilt my hand ache, if I machine Quilt , my shoulders ache! Why does something I love so much hurt me this way!!!!!

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  • Cathy Richardson

    April 24, 2017 at 3:47 pm | #

    Machine quilting is one aspect of quilting I haven’t mastered. Thank you.

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  • Carole Henell

    April 24, 2017 at 3:55 pm | #

    I struggle with making the most of my limited quilting time.

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  • Sandra

    April 24, 2017 at 4:02 pm | #

    Figuring out how much backing I need then figuring out how to cut and sew to get it the right size.

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  • Christine C

    April 24, 2017 at 4:13 pm | #

    I think the most confounding part of quilting is finding the time to do it, I’m one of those folks with an invisible disease & it’s hard to get the energy & the free time at the same time. Once they align though, I’m good to go.

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  • Linda Hord

    April 24, 2017 at 4:16 pm | #

    I normally make small quilts but whenever I make larger quilts, I struggle to figure out the amt of fabric needed for the backing and how to cut and sew the backing together to fit the quilt top.

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  • Nan Newell

    April 24, 2017 at 4:44 pm | #

    I struggle with getting the quarter inch seam accurate and consistent whether it’s a 2 inch patch or a 10 inch patch!

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  • Glenda Shaw

    April 24, 2017 at 4:55 pm | #

    I am not confident in color and patten selection. My good friend that helped me make those choices is gone.

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  • Nancy Nemec

    April 24, 2017 at 5:02 pm | #

    I put off binding. It just always seems like such a big job–literally big. I feel like I’m wrestling with it.

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  • LeeAnn

    April 24, 2017 at 5:28 pm | #

    I love making scrappy quilts but when I put in everything but the kitchen sink I am not as happy with it as I want to be. I love seeing your scrappy quilts and can’t get the hang of putting it all in.

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  • Sheena B

    April 24, 2017 at 5:50 pm | #

    Choosing fabrics – so I usually buy my quilting fabric already kitted. Makes life easier for me!

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  • Cynthia

    April 24, 2017 at 6:21 pm | #

    Putting different fabrics colors together is what stumps me. I can LOVE all the fabric I’m putting into a quilt, but the finished product can leave me a bit disappointed. There can be a “surprise” at the end of piecing a quilt together that I don’t expect and don’t really like.

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  • Cynthia Perez

    April 24, 2017 at 6:59 pm | #

    Applique is my nemesis.

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  • Keri Lyn

    April 24, 2017 at 7:37 pm | #

    Binding is my biggest challenge and the part I like the least. It’s always a surprise when it turns out well.

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  • Terri Costa

    April 24, 2017 at 7:37 pm | #

    I have gathered quite a fabric stash over the years. I’m confounded by how I’m going to use all (most?) of it in my lifetime…. And then, when new fabrics come out or I see a sale rack, I buy more fabric! That’s what confounds me!

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  • Nann

    April 24, 2017 at 7:56 pm | #

    I continue to be confounded by marking quilting designs. My solution to that is to avoid marking whenever I can. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

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  • Tera

    April 24, 2017 at 8:07 pm | #

    Thanks for the giveaway! I really enjoy your blog.

    For me as a beginner the actual quilting is stressing me out! I think that I am going to make a pile of pot holders to practice on.

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  • Cynthia

    April 24, 2017 at 8:15 pm | #

    Joining the two ends of binding using a diagonal seam. Just can’t get it right!

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  • Mary H

    April 24, 2017 at 9:20 pm | #

    Trimming the edges of the quilt after the quilting is complete is my roadblock.

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  • Kay MacLaren

    April 24, 2017 at 10:37 pm | #

    Pin basting. I get puckers 😣

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  • Donna S.

    April 25, 2017 at 5:01 am | #

    How to bind angles other than 90 degrees.

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  • Diane Paul

    April 25, 2017 at 5:55 am | #

    Deciding on how to quilt scraps quilts is always I challenge for me. Do I just do outline quilting or should I be trying to do more overall quilting. I have been quilting for over 25 years but still haven’t done a lot of machine quilting. I know practice is important but I can’t get motivated to just sit down and do it. I need to make something when I put the time in.

    I’m so glad you’ve started your own blog. I just found it and have to go back and catch up on all the entries.

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  • LeAnne Killion

    April 25, 2017 at 6:39 am | #

    Picking out colors is the hardest thing for me!!

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  • Lynne Stucke

    April 25, 2017 at 7:26 am | #

    The part that confounds me the most is quilting . . . choosing a pattern that compliments the quilt and isn’t too difficult to do on a domestic machine. I don’t like marking, either, which limits me somewhat. (lynnstck[at]yahoo.com)

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  • Christa

    April 25, 2017 at 7:33 am | #

    I always have good intentions to try my best to do needle turn but feel like it’s a failure every time.

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  • Nancy Cohen-Tomases

    April 25, 2017 at 7:50 am | #

    I can never get my plain borders to lay flat. But secretly I’m confounded by people who only work on one project at a time and have no UFOs…

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  • Eileen Katherine Maher

    April 25, 2017 at 8:47 am | #

    I have trouble adding the border, and making it fit, without puckers…

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  • Cathy

    April 25, 2017 at 8:51 am | #

    Finishing! I am so easily distracted by a new pattern, new fabric, new technique…

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  • Donna Amos

    April 25, 2017 at 12:12 pm | #

    The most confusing part for me is getting the top, batting and backing all smoothed out ready for quilting.

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  • Danielle

    April 25, 2017 at 12:43 pm | #

    I would have to say actually sitting down to sew it together! It’s funny because I enjoy it when I actually sit & sew but I’d much rather pick out projects and buy fabric & patterns…I actually love cutting the projects out. I just struggle with sitting still long enough to sew it together! Lol
    Congratulations on your cover photo, how exciting!!!

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  • Judy M.

    April 25, 2017 at 12:59 pm | #

    Have trouble picking out of my stash. Too much or wrong colors.

    Reply

  • Debby

    April 25, 2017 at 3:41 pm | #

    Congratulaions on your quilt appearing in Quiltmaker, exciting! I have troubles knowing what to mark my quilts with and managing big quilts under my sewing machine. Thanks for the opportunity of the give away.

    Reply

  • Bonnie S

    April 25, 2017 at 4:36 pm | #

    What confounds me? Too many amazing patterns and too many lovely fabrics to choose! Not really a bad problem to have, but I do struggle picking fabric.

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  • Ann

    April 25, 2017 at 5:24 pm | #

    Paper piecing. I understand the theory, but just can’t make it work.

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  • Sarah L

    April 25, 2017 at 7:02 pm | #

    What to do with my large and small scraps :/ and getting the back smooth when doing my own machine quilting

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  • Joye Cox

    April 25, 2017 at 7:37 pm | #

    Lately I have been confounded by the mess of my sewing area. I have a hard time keeping it somewhat neat (forget that, I am a messy sewist!)

    Reply

  • Lynda P

    April 25, 2017 at 8:40 pm | #

    I have a lot of older fabric in my collection that I’d love to use up but can’t figure out ways to make it look not so 90s. I still like it but …

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  • Kathi Montoya

    April 25, 2017 at 9:05 pm | #

    The most confounding? Design, design, design….

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  • Betty Mlejnek

    April 25, 2017 at 10:35 pm | #

    Getting the tension right when I am machine quilting with domestic machine confounds me!

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  • Kim Moore

    April 25, 2017 at 11:41 pm | #

    Confounding…figuring out how to confidently free-motion quilt it myself. Thank you!

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  • Beth Bishop

    April 26, 2017 at 6:04 am | #

    It’s the quilting that stops my process. Hand quilting takes too long. Only rarely can I afford to pay for long arm quilting. I was better and braver at machine quilting before I got a nicer machine or took any machine quilting classes. So my basted tops go into the ever-growing UFO pile 😯

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  • Helen in the UK

    April 26, 2017 at 7:49 am | #

    Basting is my nemesis. I used to baste with pins, but have recently struggled to keep everything flat and taut. I’ve now turned to spray basting and things seem to be shifting less. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

    Reply

  • Sharon Berthelote

    April 26, 2017 at 12:59 pm | #

    The most counfounding part of quilting for me is figuring out how much fabric to get for borders, especially if I wish to make a quilt bigger.

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  • Barb

    April 26, 2017 at 1:07 pm | #

    What confounds me is the math

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  • Anne Wiens

    April 26, 2017 at 1:16 pm | #

    Free Motion Quilting. My sewing machine and I have reached an understanding- we rock at piecing, and we can straight-line stitch smaller projects nicely, but if a project needs FMQ, we’ll happily pay someone who does it well, while we move on to the next project.

    Reply

  • Sarah Sinclair

    April 26, 2017 at 2:22 pm | #

    I’m still new to quilting, so anything beyond piecing the top together is confusing to me right now.

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  • Nancy L Simmes

    April 26, 2017 at 2:27 pm | #

    I so love picking a pattern, & then my favorite part is then on to the fabric!!! All set till I get home & have to start cutting. Hate cutting!!! Need to get as enthused about that part of quilting, as I do about the rest of it, that I do love ❤️

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  • Kaye Mattson

    April 26, 2017 at 7:24 pm | #

    My biggest hurdle when making a quilt is how to choose quilting designs that compliment my quilt.

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  • Alicia S

    April 26, 2017 at 8:39 pm | #

    The most difficult thing for me is to figure out how to hand quilt a modern quilt. With traditional quilts it’s easy- quilt in the ditch and add something floofy in the (typically) smaller open spaces. Modern quilts are so much more open and I just can’t wrap my head around it.

    Reply

  • Bev Illian

    April 26, 2017 at 9:09 pm | #

    When I find a pattern I would love to make it is hard for me to pick out the fabric prints and colors that would best suit the pattern.

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  • Lisa W

    April 26, 2017 at 9:16 pm | #

    I really struggle with quilting designs because I don’t feel confident with overall free motion patterns.

    Reply

  • Sue Roy

    February 17, 2021 at 2:58 pm | #

    I’ve taken a class with you while attending a Kansas Quilter’s Org. I really enjoyed your class and love working with scraps. Many of your ideas are very interesting.

    Reply

    • Diane Harris

      February 17, 2021 at 8:41 pm | #

      Thank you for your kind words! That makes my day! 🙂

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