Chairjogger (Ellen) I guess you could say these are planned scraps. :-) Most of the fabrics I bought when I was working on a bear paw quilt that I wanted to look very old fashioned.......you know with the old time prints when they were all done with small designs. The border gave me the chance to use up a lot of really small scraps that came from just about every quilt I have ever made. This was a fun one to make.