Originally Posted by Dina

Okay, I have looked at all these neat patterns, and then I looked at the strips in my grab bag again. I have to be honest and tell you it looks hopeless to me. I am anxious to try these patterns, but not with these leftover pieces of fabric. Most of the fabric I don't like, and there isn't even a whole strip (selvage to selvage) of any one fabric.

I have never made a scrappy quilt, and I guess I am not ready to try. I am going to abandon this fabric and make this next charity quilt out of fabric I already have. I will be much happier cutting out my own strips than trying to use these.

Thanks for all your suggestions, and I am going to use at least one of these patterns, but not the fabric.

In fact, let me take a picture of what I have and you will see why I have made this decision...maybe. You can probably see possibilities that I can't. I am going to give the fabric to my sister, the committee chairman, to either put back in the grab bag selection (there are two more meetings where quilters can select grab bags) or maybe she can do something with it. She is an expert experienced quilter. I am not.

With all the time I have spent worrying about these strips, I could have already made a quilt top. The other grab bag was fun to play with. This one isn't, at least not for me.

Off to look at my stash ...