Frequently Asked Questions

An I Spy quilt is made a hand-made quilt for children.  It usually contains a patch-work of cotton fabric blocks (charm squares) with prints that depict items kids can easily identify.  For example, a square might have an animal such as a zebra, an object like an umbrella, or food to eat like and orange or piece of cake.  

Do you remember playing the "I Spy" game on a long car/road trip where you looked out the window and  saw something that was a certain color or and object that started with a particular letter of the alphabet.   I spy something blue, can you guess it?  Then someone else in the car would look out he window and  try to guess what they think I saw - a blue car going down the road.  Also growing up, there was a Highlights magazine at the doctor's office.  In the Highlights magazine there was a picture in which you try to find the tiny, hidden objects embedded in the scene.    

An I Spy quilt is the same kind of the game in the form of a children's quilt.     This is where your fun, creativity and the inspiration comes in.  You get to plan of what level of difficulty is appropriate for a child's age and customizing the choice of fabric squares to take into consideration what are the child's favorite things. 

The quilt can be turned into an I Spy Game by the arranging charm square blocks of fabric by color, object, and trying to find them.   Here are some ideas for games to play:

1.  Create a matching game out of an I Spy quilt by using 2 pieces of the same fabric and randomly arranging them so the child searches to find the matching piece

2.  An ABC I Spy Quilt by choosing squares that have prints that begin with each of the A - Z alphabet letters 

3.   Another idea is to create an ABC Animal quilt where the child finds an animal that starts with each letter of the alphabet.  That one can be a challenge to find an animal that starts with V  (try vulture) or X (Xray fish or Xenops).

4. To increase the difficulty of the game for an older child, you can choose prints that have a lot of small details and have them try to find a certain thing (like the hidden items in the HIghlights magazine picture)

Please browse the Gallery page to see some ideas for inspiration for your I Spy Quilts.  

Luv2ISpyQuilt shop only sells new, 100% cotton, quilt store quality (thickness) fabric that is pre-cut  into quilting charm squares that are hand-cut using a mat and rotary cutter.  Of importance to note is that I perform a process before I do the cutting.  The new, 100% cotton fabric has been pre-washed, dried, and ironed by me before cutting the squares. This pre-shrinks the fabric before cutting and also removes any chemicals/dyes in the fabric.  Please keep this in mind if you are combining my charm squares with some of your own fabric that might not be pre-shrunk.  I would recommend that you pre-shrink your fabric before cutting out squares using your own fabric.   I have included this information in the description of each product before you order it.

Since I Spy Quilts are for kids, the prints of the fabric I sell are things easily recognizable by a child and they can be categorized under various themes.  I offer fabric prints in these themes:  Animals, Food, Objects, Sports, Boys, Girls, Outer Space, and my newest product is Glow-in-dark Outer Space.  I offer charm packs in various counts:  25, 50, and some in 75.  You can choose to have all pieces of fabric in your charm packs to only include all items from that one theme.  For example, you can buy a charm pack of 25 count and choose for all 25 fabric pieces to be the same theme - Animals.  However, I also offer an assorted theme charm pack that allows you to customize and choose the print themes you would like.  You can order an assorted charm pack that contains fabric prints of 3 themes of: food, objects, and animals or 5 themes:  food, objects, animals, sports, outer space.

Just like I want to be satisfied when I make a purchase, I want the same for my customers.  My top priority is for you to be satisfied with your product and to recommend LUV2ISPYQUILT and my products to others.   I am only human and sometimes make mistakes.  I will diligently work with you to resolve the problem/issue.  Please, Please, do not leave a bad review before you have reached out to me for resolution.  Give me a chance to fix what is wrong.  Your first step is to reach out to me by email at huffpz@luv2ispyquilt.com.    Please clearly state what the problem/issue is and the reason for the return.  I will see if I can offer a resolution.  If the matter is easily fixable, (for example  you got a duplicate print by mistake when they should have all been unique).   I will be happy to send a replacement charm square.  

Returns are only accepted for items priced items $40.00 and up.  Items priced at less than $40.00 are not eligible for return.  Items to be returned must be sent back in the same condition that they were shipped or a return will not be granted. The buyer must pay for shipping costs of returning item to the seller.  The refunded amount will include:  cost product plus taxes paid.  The original shipping charge will not be refunded.  If you have any questions about refunds, please email me at huffpz@luv2ispyquilt.com