Originally Posted by
QuiltnLady1
A number of years ago the guild I was in at the time collected orphan blocks. I assembled them into quilt tops (I made 45 tops). I would hang them on the design wall until I was happy with them, add sashing where needed, put some on point using triangles to square them up, also arranging some so they were adjacent. Great fun. In some ways they were like the block of the month quilts or sampler quilts. Our standard size was (roughly) 45x60 so I also put borders on some to make the correct size. It was great fun to see all the different blocks and how to get them to fit together.
I have done this too, and it really is fun to play with the blocks in this way. Kind of like a giant puzzle with large pieces. LOL I also love the idea of offering them here on the board for those of us who make comfort and other kinds of donation quilts. When we give our quilts away, it's always nice to have something come in to help us out! For me anyway, that is the case. Guess I shouldn't speak for others. LOL