Bonnie's scrap user fungly four patch

I tested Bonnie's scrap user system recently with a bag of 3.5 inch squares leftover from the fungly quilts and a box of strips. Many of these were fabrics from mom's stash purchased in the 1980s -- lots of little busy calicos, cottons of dubious quality, and even more of that Hoffman Painted Desert stuff. I sewed dark to light as best as I could, pieced some crumbs leftover from cutting the 3.5 inch blocks, and even threw in a leftover 16 patch from my 2 inch square quilt and came up with a 48" square. I needed this to be 60 by 80 for a donation quilt to Mennonite Central Committee, so I started sewing strips together from the strip bin to make it rectangular. Many of the strips are from my mother's days of log cabin quilting, so they match the busy calicos as well. The only yardage used was the grey dot, another inheritance from dear mom, and it was a narrow piece 100 inches long so I didn't have to piece the borders. This came together really quickly, since I spent little time cutting but could engage in some mindless sewing, which soothes the soul at times. Thanks Bonnie, for a great system. This quilt proved it was worth the effort to organize my scraps, and now they're ready to use whenever I need to make another quick quilt. Now this top moves back to my mother, who will take it to the local MCC depot for completion, since they've got a good supply of batting and backing. And everyone is happy -- I've used up lots of uglies and oldies, and they have another quilt for relief.