Estate Sale find

Here's a lovely little lady that I found at an estate sale this weekend. Paid all of 50 cents for her! She was marked $1, but everything was half off.


Someone had decided to make a pillow out of her and had stitched a back and a ruffle all around, but never stuffed it. The back and ruffle were poorly made, a sharp contrast to this block. It is nicely appliqued with very neat embroidery accents.

I have liberated her from the pillow trappings and she is now awaiting a new life as something else. For now she's an orphan block! I think she would be really pretty with scrappy floral fabrics all around her. Maybe a braid? I have this 'thing' about making small stuff. I don't know why. I think the quilt police in my head keep whispering "small stuff is just for decoration, you can't really 'use' it, so what is the point?". I think she might be lonely as the center of a big quilt all by herself. Maybe she will join some other orphan blocks someday in a quilt. My list of things to do include something with orphan blocks, so maybe even someday soon! For now, she is happy to be free of the pillow.

Today I got two more pinafores cut out and I'm also working on cutting out more 'stuff' to make little books.