Where did this scrap come from?

I pulled scraps recently to start testing a new design.  I chose a blue and white color scheme because my blue scrap bins are overflowing and I hoped to make a dent in the blue collection (Spoiler:  This quilt did not make noticeable inroads into the blue scraps.)

A tiny portion of the blue scrap stash

These are most of the bits I chose, and pulling them did lower the level in the blue bin, but then I didn't use up every fabric so the level in the bin went back up again after I had cut everything I needed and put the rest back

Back when I made Quilter's Scrapboook in 2013, with scraps from my first 13 years of quiting, I could remember which fabric each scrap came from. Guess what? I can't remember most of those anymore. It was finish #25, 109 quilts and 12 years ago.  I now have a lot of scraps I can't identify, but I did pretty well with this stack of blues.  There are some I can't quite place.  The bright blue with tiny stars, under fabric #3 above, is driving me nuts.  I feel I should know that one but can't place it at all!

Just for grins and giggles, here's where the ones I identified came from:

1. Snowflake tote bag 2016
2. Simply Snow 2019
3. Hoarfrost 2016
4. Backing from Clear Skies 2013
5. Window valance 2004
6. Blue frosty versions of Geese Across the Table 2019 and Hovering 2022
7. Twist 2008
8. Rush and Side Trails 2023
9. Jelly Bean Stars 2012
10. Which Way North 2015
11. Focus Squared (I think!) 2021
12. Sprinkled (the blue one) 2020
13. Forty-Eight (AKA Seeing Stars) 2014

Here's the scrap I'm most excited about:

I didn't think about it much as I cut up the last of it for this quilt, but as I sewed I let my mind wander.  When I picked up this square, the thought that this just might be the backing from my very first quilt popped into my brain and wouldn't let go.

Can it be?  I've browsed through all my quilt pictures.  (It's not like I had anthing else to do.  Ahem. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)  I can't think of what else it might be from, but it could have been the backing of that first quilt.  I texted my brother, who owns it now, but he's not a fabric guy, so he couldn't say for sure.  The quilt is at his cabin, and he was not at the cabin, so I am still awaiting confirmation. 

All that to say I might have just used up the last bit of my very first fabric scrap, over 25 years later.

If you're curious about my first quilt, pop over to  Leanne's Devoted Quilter blog, where she interviewed me for her "My First Quilt" series.  You can read about why I made it, how I made it, and how I almost kept it.  Here's a peek:

I'd love to hear about your oldest scraps, or really any of your scraps.  Do you find it hard to use up the last piece of something?  Do you remember what project you bought the fabric for? Do you like to think about where you used the fabric in the past, or are you focused on the project at hand?  Let me know in the comments!

Happy quilting,

Joanne