Originally Posted by
Lori S
I was digging around in my scrap bins and can across a scrap that was from the 70's when I first started quilting. I still love that fabric.. I could not bring myself to use that last little bit. As I folded it , and placed it carefully back in the bin... I wondered if I am the only one that has scraps that old?
I have no idea how old many of my scraps are, as a good share of them were gifts friends who either no longer sew or don't want to use their scraps. I'm sure that I'd have scraps that were nearly as old as I (78 yrs) if I had not had to start over collecting scraps twice. The first time I had to start over was in 1963 when we moved from a house to a 10 wide 40 foot long mobile home. My scraps went in the garbage, as there was no place to put them, according to my husband. The second time I had to start over was in 1973 when our home was totaled by floodwaters.