If it helps you are not alone, and I suspect there is treachery underfoot. I live in the South. Prior to Thanksgiving our guild spent a whole day cutting out blocks and strips for a mystery quilt. I brought everything home for my quilt and put it in my quilting area. We left for the holidays and when we returned and I went back to my guild meeting to proceed with the mystery quilt. I started sewing and only got half way through combining blocks before I realized I had no strips in the bag! The missing ones are white by the way. It has been two weeks now and they haven't turned up anywhere. I am going to go cut new ones today and then they will probably manage to sneak back into the house.
I suspect they have been out cavorting with all the white socks that I have lost in the laundry over the years. Ann in TN