I don't recall if I posted about this, but back in June, I organized a sewing bee for my friend, Colleen. She was going to Ethiopia to visit her daughter and son, and wanted to take as many pillowcase dresses as she could. We had a wonderful day with our church ladies and finished nearly 50 dresses as a group.
As the sewing time was starting, ladies were filing into our church to help. One of the ladies in our church gave me a Ziploc bag and told me she and her sister had had the bag in their office for a few years and didn't know what to do with it, so they wondered if I wanted it. I glanced at it briefly (it was a very busy day) and was very surprised to recognize some older Thimbleberries prints--ones I had sold, in fact.
After the busyness of the day, I got the baggie out and looked more closely at the fabrics. They were MY units!! In 2007, my daughter and her best friend made matching quilted throws. I cut out one to show them how to piece the blocks and must have laid my pieces aside. Well, here they were! Mysteriously, they had migrated to my friend's home. I don't remember selling them or giving them away, and she doesn't know how they got there.
The 4-patches and star block units were all pieced. Here they are laid out on my design wall. I have since sold the book the pattern was in. If you recognize it, please pass the name on to me. I remember it was in a book with only 6 or 8 patterns. I liked many of them.
Each finished block (3 blocks were completely sewn already) measures 15-1/2" square. I will probably make more blocks to make this a larger quilt. Maybe even a queen-size for my guest bedroom. Time will tell.
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