I’m shocked to discover I’ve been holding on to this buggy
fabric for fifteen years! Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to hoard stuff
like this. Fabric has a shelf life. If it’s exposed to light, it can fade and
become brittle. Moisture can destroy it even faster. But even if it’s safely tucked
away in a dark, dry cupboard, it will deteriorate, beginning with the folded
bits. If I’d pieced these bug jar blocks when the fabric was new, finding
matching prints for sashing, cornerstones, borders, back and binding would have
been a simple matter. Now I’ll have to get creative and hope the result doesn’t
look too “cobbled together.” To be completely honest, I’ve had these scraps so
long, I’d forgotten I owned them. I was making face masks for my grandchildren
to wear to church, and I dug them up in a bin of novelty prints looking for something that would make them smile.
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