Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Empty Box

If you follow my blog you know I have been trying to empty a large USPS flat rate box of 4 inch width strips and squares mostly received from others that accumulated over the years. 

Well, I'm glad to say that now the box is empty. 

I put a little baggie of novelty strips in a box of other novelty scraps. 

With anything less than a four inch square I made coin strips about 4 x 20-24 inches. I ended up with 35 strips and put those in a box with other coin strips of varying widths. Someday I will empty that box and make a coin quilt or quilts. 

And now I am left with a bin of mostly 4 inch squares. The upper right stack is sets of two. The lower right are all browns and creams and they lower left is anything else. The stack on the upper left are all 4 inch width strips that are width of fabric (WOF). 





The box is empty. 

This is what came out of it.

1. Yankee Puzzle Top


3. Blue/Orange Four Patch Top (also added orange solid)

4. Basket Weave (also added orange solid)

5. Four Patch and Two Rails (brown, orange, yellow)







Now, what's in this box of 3.5 inch width strips and squares? 

And sew on...





 

10 comments:

TerryKnott.blogspot.com said...

AMAZING!!! All those projects came from one box AND there are leftovers still??? You'll be creating gems out that 3.5 inch box. Of that, I have no doubt!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

Wow! Hurray for emptying the box! And all those wonderful quilts came out of it! I can't wait to see what you do next.

JanineMarie said...

What an accomplishment!

Jenny said...

That's a whole lot of quilts out of that box!

Helenchaffin said...

Now that's what you call scrap busting๐Ÿ˜„ Im in the middle of busting my scrap stash as well

Julierose said...

Congratulations on emptying that box with the making of so many beauties, Cathy!! I continue to be inspired by your many and varied quiltworks--
I am working on my Posies and trying to figure out how to save my Jelly Roll Jumble...hugs, Julierose

Elle said...

You are an amazing scrapbuster ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽŠ And the 3.5" box is heaping!

Happy stitching.

Nann said...

Hooray for the empty box! Here's to 3.5"!

Mystic Quilter said...

Congratulations on the empty box, looking forward to see what comes out of the 3.5" width strips and squares, a nice size to work with.

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

Don't turn your back on that empty box or it will fill right back up again!