Years ago Keryn gave me some scraps of a darkish pink and I kept them  together, meaning to use them all in a small quilt. Sometimes I scatter pieces throughout several projects and other times I like to keep them together.

When I saw this little quilt (on ebay I think), I decided it was the perfect vehicle and I already had a number of four patches waiting to be used.

There was just enough of the pink to make thirty blocks.

I found a suitable setting fabric

and a matching pink for the borders and binding. Finally, after about twelve years, the pink scraps have found a home.

The colour is a bit cold in these photos, the setting fabric is a nice warm brown, like the original quilt.

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