She left many squares of fabric cut into 6 in squares. I just opened one of the ones that was just pinned. She took a 5 in square of batting placed it in center and folded all the edges up 1/2 in. Then folded it in half pinned it and blanket stitched around. She whip stitched the blanket stitches together (doing 2 stitches to each blanket stitch). I have a fairly decent size group all sewn and then these others in various stages. She left long threads on them all. I can put them together and finish it but I was hoping someone had a tip or a reason for those long threads. I was able today to get a thread that is comparable to what was originally used so at least I have that. I am short on time right now so I really will not be able to do anything with this for a few weeks. Thank to everyone for all their suggestions!