Grab Bag

Who doesn't love a grab bag? 

As a young kid I recall a toy store that we frequented that had brown paper bags for a small amount, maybe $.25,  that had some untold treasure in them. I loved having my mom buy me one, but also recall being somewhen disenchanted in whatever I received. 

I tend not to buy grab bags now, nor do I usually participate in 'stuff the bag' buying opportunities. 

But, one of my favorite purchases at Marketplace was this bag of scraps.

The store owner told me that I could take anything that fit in the bag for $10

And she told me all I needed was to have one end of the pieces in the bag, as long as the bag "held" it all. 

So, I stuffed the 6" X 9" bag. 

I normally don't buy scraps. I have enough of my own.

But, I was drawn by her ribbons. I have used ribbons in card making in the past. 

Occasionally I think of adding them to some sort of artsy quilt project.

I plan to make more purses and bags, and ribbons might be 

perfect embellishments.

So....

I took the ribbons,

some wide strips of fabric,

a few larger chunks of fabric

and two $5 seam rippers! (A quilter can never have too many seam rippers!)

The actual haul:

2 - 1 yard cuts of fabric

1 - 1/3 yard cut of fabric

1 - 1/4 yard cut of fabric

10 - strips of fabric from 3 - 10" in width

at least 20 yards of ribbon

and

2 seam rippers

Not a bad haul with quilting fabric closing in on $15 - $16 a yard and up!