Scraps
 

My mother died in 1992. She had a lifetime of sewing scraps which I inherited at her death. I've used some of them, but still have a lot.

1976, I think. That is a denim scrap quilt - still working on it!

I have pieces starting in 1977 from baby clothes made for my daughters. They are going into the wedding ring quilt that has been in the making for 8 years for my youngest daughter that got married in 2004. The rest are going into a courthouse steps quilt for my oldest daughter that got married in 2011 in Washington Courthouse, OH. I thought the pattern was appropriate. It alternates with signature blocks from the guests at the wedding. She is going to have to wait until the wedding ring quilt is finished until I get to hers. I hope it won't take another 8 years. Over 50% of the fabrics in these two quilts are from fabric that I have used in various projects from the past 30+ years.

I have a bunch from the 70s.

I have some original feed sack fabric, left over from some of my grandmother's quilts that date back to the 30's and 40's.

I have some scraps from the late 40's early 50's that came from an Aunt of mine. Don't quite know what I want to do with them yet.

I've got some scraps from my DH's mother - back to the 50's (which is when he and I were born). I've tried to incorporate some from every decade in many of the quilts I've made that are scrappy - and point it out to the recipient....the idea that scraps are from 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and this decade makes it special, I think.

I started quilting over 30 years ago and still had a large piece of the fabric that I made my first quilt with. This turned out to be a good thing since I will have to repair the edge of it since it wore out. I guess it's not hoarding if you intend to use it and then do. LOL

I have scraps and pieces going back to the 30's and maybe some older than that. I know I have quilts older that the 30's. Have quite a few feed sacks and pieces and have made several quilts with those. I will be 80 soon and I really don't know where all the lovely fabric is going but I have to make some decisions on them. I must have 20 bins..mostly color coded and the feed sacks have their own bins. What was I thinking. None of my kids sew. Have given away a lot of fabric but still there is too much. Used to make most of the girls clothes when they were young.

i have a BUNCH of scraps from the 80's and a lot of yardage also. I noticed a lot of it was from Spring Industries. I dont even know if they are still in business. They are nice prints though.