Exploring my vintage scraps bin

I have many scraps bins that are an accumulation from making quilts for a long time. How long? Well, long enough that the few scraps that I have left from when I first started would probably be considered vintage! LOL!!! I have also been given vintage fabric and scraps, and bought vintage fabric at auctions and from a neighbor. As much as I think I need to reduce my scraps and I have over the years, I am always glad to have my vintage fabric and scraps when a project comes along and nothing else will do for a binding or a repair.

There was a member of the now defunct MQG that had a vintage quilt that needed to be quilted for a friend. After she got it quilted she asked me if I had some vintage fabric that would work for the binding. We looked thru my stash and found a piece of feedsack that was perfect. This was in 2015.

Then I made that quilt out of feedsacks for a fellow. I used the feedsacks for the front and back then I needed binding. Again I dipped into my vintage fabrics. I used several different prints for the binding because I wanted it to look like the quilt was made with what was on hand.

The other day Swoozie was blogging about the remaking of vintage quilts and it got me to thinking about my vintage fabrics. I knew there was some pieced units in there, but I didn't remember what I had. So what I found was this fabulous hand pieced rail fence style top

This machine sewn four patch variation which I like very much. I think it needs a border.

and there was this long narrow strip

How about this Dresden plate pieces and two templates! I have a notion to put them together

and in the bin there was also a bunch of these triangles. Was the maker going to pair a print with a red triangle? There is not enough for a big quilt so I am going to have to play around with these. They are large triangles - 5 3/4" along the sides.

Also, in the bin are these carefully tied bundles of scraps. It does keep all the scraps of the same fabric together.

Do you collect any vintage fabrics or scraps?

Meantime at work it is going to be a hot one. 92 is forecasted for the day and it was already 81 when I walked into work. I brought my cool towel and a terry towel to alternate with the cool towel. I have a little fridge and I will just keep rotating from the fridge to my neck all day. On the ground floor the A/C is running and the workers are trying to get some of the area ready to turnover to the Owner. Have you ever seen the inside of a CT machine? The covers are up while the electricians wire the machines to the service so here is what's under the cover. These are two different CT machines

Then each of the CTs have a room just for all the electronics and controls! Here is part of one room

This is the view from my desk this morning. Just like the 4th of July!