From the Big Purple Bin

Dear Suzanne,

I

t was so wonderful to see you last week. Some of us little bits have been stuck way down in the bottom of our purple container for years and years. We thought maybe you had forgotten about us and did not love us anymore. A couple of the littlest guys tried to run away and hide, but you muttered something about a puppy finding us. We were sure sorry when you scooped every last bit up and put us back in the bin, but we were kind of scared of the puppy.  Is that that thing that barks a lot?  She sure is noisy.

We are feeling a little sad that some of us had to go into a white garbage bag. However, we had been so smashed together before, it was nice to stretch out a bit. We hope the ones in the bag do not get thrown away by accident!

I bet you do not even remember what projects some of us are scraps from! And some of us are not even leftovers – we are abandoned and orphaned blocks. We sure hope you come back and visit us again someday. Even though we cannot see the rest of your fabric and quilts, we can hear. We know that you are starting to make more scrap quilts and think you should probably spend some time with us and see if you could use some of us. A lot of our members are really quite big and even most of the smallest are probably usable.

 We understand you are busy with lots of projects; we just want to make sure you do not forget about us for another couple of years.

 Sincerely,

 The Scraps in the Big Purple Bin

 

p.s. Is it true that there is another bin just like ours that is also full of scraps? Maybe you need to put us all together in one place and see if any of us would work well together. We would sure like to meet the rest of our cousins and other relations.

Comments

[Debra Spincic]

I see a few string quilts in that group! How about sending me a bundle and I'll send them back to you as a quilt top to quilt for the 40 Quilt Service project?

[Vicki]

LOL!! A lovely letter and so well written - what refined scraps you have!