Square that Stopped Me in my Tracks
05-22-2017, 08:57 AM
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I actually decided to make a puzzle quilt with my candies. Started last night. But I buried this piece at the bottom of the pile in my storage pile because I'm not quite ready to incorporate it into this quilt (since I don't know if I'll give it away or keep it).
05-22-2017, 12:43 PM
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A sweet memory!
I have a similar fabric and it makes me smile when I run across a scrap of it.
I totally understand your feeling of surprise. My husband's sister made him a quillow many years ago and one of the fabrics in it showed up in a quilt from my church quilting group that was made for my husband in 2010. Unfortunately, he never saw it but I use it on my bed in the winter and, every once in a while, the memory of the 2 fabrics being used so many years apart pops in my head. Lol!
Connie
I have a similar fabric and it makes me smile when I run across a scrap of it.
I totally understand your feeling of surprise. My husband's sister made him a quillow many years ago and one of the fabrics in it showed up in a quilt from my church quilting group that was made for my husband in 2010. Unfortunately, he never saw it but I use it on my bed in the winter and, every once in a while, the memory of the 2 fabrics being used so many years apart pops in my head. Lol!
Connie
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05-23-2017, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by zozee
I was picking through 2.5" squares that I received in a recent birthday swap, but hadn't noticed the first time it came. But tonight I came across it, and ...whoa! Took my breath away.
This square, sent as one of 50 scraps of the same size, from a complete stranger here on the board, is exactly the same print that went into the very first quilt I made.
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If you are reading this and recognize it as one you sent out in the 2016-17 b'day candy swap, please tell me. I'd love to know!
This square, sent as one of 50 scraps of the same size, from a complete stranger here on the board, is exactly the same print that went into the very first quilt I made.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]573465[/ATTACH]
If you are reading this and recognize it as one you sent out in the 2016-17 b'day candy swap, please tell me. I'd love to know!
Pretty sure it was from me. I used many of my scraps for last year's birthday swap. I know I had some of the fabric in the green/blue and also in a pink/maroon color way. I did not purchase it though. It was in my SIL's stash that I inherited after she passed away. I know I do not have even a fat quarter size piece but I may have some small cuts. I will look and you would be welcome to what ever little bits I may have if you would like them.
05-23-2017, 05:47 AM
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LOL ... thus was one if the first fabrics i ourchased when I took my first few quilting classes...yes I remember I ouchased it at JoAnn's in the '90's... I will have to look to check if I ever used it or is it is a full cut...mine is the purple.
Yes bring back great memories. Now I am wondering what i wantwdti make with it...
Judy in Phx, AZ
Yes bring back great memories. Now I am wondering what i wantwdti make with it...
Judy in Phx, AZ
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