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06-30-2012, 02:03 AM

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sparkys_mom

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Originally Posted by Pattia

so, enlighten a newbie to quilting please. bear with my questions?
Did she just do these as "tester" blocks and decide not to do the whole quilt? or just do so many she had leftovers? I am trying to wrap my head around why so many "orphan" blocks. Not really sure what it all is about.
to me this looks like my stash (but not batiks)

I haven't met this lady so I can't really say for certain but I think it is probably a little bit of each. But I have no explanation at all for those 62 blocks!! I spent a lot of time last night trying to finish going through everything - STILL not finished! I do think I've found all the blocks, though and there are a ton. I'll try to photograph more of them later, but I have more sorting and pressing to do first.

06-30-2012, 03:18 AM

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catladyquilts

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very nice job, it's fun to make a top and use scraps. it makes it feel like a "freebie"

06-30-2012, 03:23 AM

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AUQuilter

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What a an inheritance! Surely, one of the finishished quilts will be raffled for a great cause. Keep us posted.

06-30-2012, 03:32 AM

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sewmorethings

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Pretty scraps and you are lucky to have been given such a beautiful gift, Happy Quilting

06-30-2012, 05:23 AM

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fred singer

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those are going to make a nice quilt

06-30-2012, 05:46 AM

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tedytrser

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Originally Posted by sparkys_mom

LOL! That was my reaction, too. And I haven't finished going through it yet, either!

This was just what I was thinking!!!!

06-30-2012, 05:59 AM

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helou

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Thank you for starting this topic. I am getting a few orphan blocks of my own collection... and I insist "a few" loll I hope you keep us posted as what you will come up with for those ones! It is always inspiring to see what others do! I'll be watching loll