Cast-Offs

I went back to prayer shawl group today, and the boxes from last week were still there, tempting me. Hmm. Plus, Gretchen-Joanna recently posted pics of some potholders she's making with little quilted fabric.
I do not quilt. The idea of sewing all those seams, one inch long, over and over, makes me crazy. But just a few seams? For a potholder? "I could do that," I thought.

So I brought home some of the fabric pieces, little pieces. Nice fabric.
Two ziploc bags were full of neatly folded prints. It looks like the previous owner paid $4 per bag!

In addition, there was this pretty piece of smocking. What to do with it? I couldn't leave it there, languishing with the odds and ends. Hunter, do you want it?

This is pretty, probably the start of a quilt. I could cut it into a circle and turn it into a potholder.

This is interesting. Two pieces of soft white cotton, with a thin layer of batting in between. Then the fine stitching, and the color, shoved inside it all like sausage in its casing -- yarn! I have no idea what to do with it, but again, it looks at me and said, "Rescue me!'

And this! A nearly-finished church banner (a small one) for Nativity. Beautiful work. It only needs to be edged.

This is the kind of fine handwork that adorns this whole piece. Who could allow it to be thrown out?

But I confess, I put it all in a plastic bag and stuffed it under the bed. I can't think about it now; maybe later.