Back in Nov. early Dec.  my friend Mary Jo from MI (no blog) told me about these grab bags , she loved them.  She said you love making scrap quilts your going to be amazed at the variety of fabric in each bag and the sizes of the pieces....each bag they say is between 2.5 to 3 yards of fabric total.  First I thought no, I have enough scraps/fabric!  I kept thinking about these grab bags thought it would be fun so I decided ok maybe I should order a few next time I placed an order I ordered a few after Christmas , this is a picture of ONE of them!   all that fabric which a lot of it is folded  in one bag for $9.00, its a great deal in mho!.  So I decided to challenge myself make a  little quilt or two  from the bag only.  Very easy to do and I was able to chose the fabrics I wanted didn't use them all, went with the browns/reds and pinks and one of the beiges.

 laid out what I thought would make....

 cut down the strips in the center rows they were too big...

 then decided the scale of the 4 rows was just wrong for such a small quilt took off the last row and settled on this but not before I had tried borders...

I liked the borders (yes many of the strips are long enough for borders!0, but decided I liked it without better and the size would be perfect to donate to Lori for AAQI.  

 Just look still have so much fabric left from one bag!

 I had ordered 6 of them so here is the piles of the other 5....they are going to be cut up today for various projects I am working on now...and the rest put in the scrap basket (btw its empty right now can you believe it!)

here is whats on the table ready to be sewn into a quilt today....The blue was 2 big pieces 9" x 22"  from the grab bags, the background I had in my stash, actually it was on the cutting table and looked good with the blue so I decided to use it :)
I can't tell you how thrilled I am with these grab bags....if your looking to increase your stash of reproduction fabrics or looking for fabric to make little quilts with or applique  these are perfect in mho!
yes its true I ordered another 12 yesterday ( I emailed them yesterday to see if they even had 12 more that would be different and they said they have so many and no two are really alike , they cut a lot of BOM'S and this is where the fabric comes from)  with the rest of the Christmas money.  So what does that tell you?  I am sold on these little treasures and just had to share
After today I am back on my own schedule, looking forward to spending more time in the sewing room!  Hope you can find time to quilt too...