Digging around

 While looking through my sewing room cupboard for something (which by the way, I haven't found yet), I came across this tin that has had a bunch of strings in there for quite some time.  I always felt that someday I was going to do something with them, but it kept getting put back for a later date.

These were left over strings from a long ago block exchange I did with Robyn Pandolph fabrics.  I really loved her "old" lines of fabric that were so soft and muted.  

Well, the other day, I had nothing really pressing going on, my sewing table was "really" clear and I felt like some mindless sewing.  

This tin was filled with all those strips. The tin isn't all that big either.  

I thought I might just get a doll quilt out of them.  So I started sewing in log cabin style with the intent of using it all up. 

I kept sewing and sewing; and as I ran out of full lengths of strips, I started sewing together like-colored strips to make them long enough.  

I ended up with a quilt that is nearly 45" square.  

I am loving it!  To top it off, I now have an empty tin, too.   It feels good to use it up and have a pretty quilt on top of it.  

Now to decide on a backing And how I want to quilt it.  

Anyways, it's a good feeling.