Wow! I know you loved saving the earth! I also got my mom's fabric stash when she had to quit sewing. I hauled three trunk loads from her house to my studio. Turns out she loved blue, a lot, so I've started making a blue/beige prairie braids quilt with flower appliques between the braids. I'm thinking of making it to fit a hospital bed so that when she gets out of the hospital and goes to a nursing home, she'll have a colorful quilt to fit that bed. I cut all the fabrics today and figured out to start the piecing, so when I get home from the hospital tomorrow, I'll be able to sew.