My day job is making dog collars. I used to piece fabric, like you do for a quilt, and cut them into strips. Now we make too many collars to do that. Most of these strips of fabric came right off the floor (the literal floor, the trash) in our production room. It felt full circle sewing these into a quilt. 
  I don’t think i’ve ever had more fun just looking at a piece. So many memories.