Stash of Orphan Blocks

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02-21-2013, 12:21 PM

Lynnie25

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Stash of Orphan Blocks

I spent a day last week cleaning up my sewing room and collected up most of the orphan blocks I had stashed in drawers, bottom of baskets, etc. Last night I sorted them out into heaps so I can start sewing them into quilts. I found 4 lots of 'block exchange' blocks, some applique blocks half done, a couple of smaller quilts that just need quilting... another year's work found and sorted

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02-21-2013, 12:25 PM

Helovesme

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Great find. I love the butterfly blocks. Really pretty.

02-21-2013, 12:45 PM

QUILTNMO

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very nice like the butterflies!!!!

02-21-2013, 12:48 PM

sahm4605

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i love the asian writing block and butterflies. fun baby quilt s there.

02-21-2013, 12:50 PM

nativetexan

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Oh i especially love the Oriental one. so cute!! I just mailed off some to my friend in England. she needs a lap quilt for an ill friend, so i sent her several things. that helped clean out my sewing room too.

02-21-2013, 01:27 PM

serenitybygrace

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Wow! That is a treasure. It looks like you'll have several quilts there.

02-21-2013, 02:24 PM

Babs194068

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Your certainly a brave person. I wouldn't look for any of my unused blocks. That is like opening Pandora's box.

02-21-2013, 02:39 PM

sue1964

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Looks like my stash, I need to sort some myself. Nice Blocks. Post some quilts when done.

02-21-2013, 02:42 PM

redquilter

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Very nice. Love the butterflys. Have fun!

02-21-2013, 02:43 PM

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ArtsyOne

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What fun! I have a drawer in which I keep all of my orphaned blocks, but there never seem to be enough of any one kind to make a quilt, and my tastes in color and fabric have definitely changed over time.