Merry Christmas :-)
When I cleaned out the linen closet recently - in order to purge extra items - I discovered some quilt blocks my paternal grandmother had made. Boy, I had put them near the quilt she had made and forgotten about the "good and safe" place. I thought that I had turned the entire household inside-out hunting for those blocks!!!! Then, there is the story about a laundry basket of misc. fabric I had stashed in another closet.....
Congrats on your discovery! I have been sewing today and enjoying my stash. This has been very relaxing. :-)