It has been our privilege for the past 15 years to live in the woods on land that backs up to a national forest. Even better, there is a waterfall just a mile above the house and we hike there often
. The mountain is rocky, so there are numerous other small cataracts everywhere.
We love it, so we hike often (especially now, when we know we’ll be moving away).
Although we do see signs of other people on the trail, we have never in all this time met anyone in the woods! Recently we saw another sign of someone on the trail:
Since it appeared to be fabric, I picked it up and turned it over.
And took it home and washed and dried it.
Now it will be part of a quilt. I’m still thinking, but it may be an art quilt commemorating that trail.
Zippy Quilts 
What a lucky find for you! That piece is gorgeous and was meant to be in your hands. Do you have a guess as to the maker/designer, or even what it was? Whatever you make with it, it will surely have special meaning.
Tierney says she had the same bandana and bought it at REI, so one mystery solved 🙂
I cannot wait to see what you do with this fabric!
It may be a while, but for sure you will see it 🙂
Where you live is awesome! That gave me chills the fabric you found because I used to have that exact bandana that I bought from REI for many years and I lost it on a hike. Though this was in Oregon so I doubt it is the same one!
But what a nice coincidence anyway 🙂
Uh, you need to go play the lottery, you found batik fabric in the woods!
For real! 😄
This place gave you a part of itself for you to take with you to your new home! Very cool!
It gave me part of itself in many ways, as I’m sure you understand.
That is an amazing find. And what a coincidence that Tierney lost hers. There is a group here that paints rocks and hides them. The directions say “keep or rehide”. I wonder if someone took theirs and wound up “rehiding it.
I like that idea 😃
What a great idea to create a memento from your found object on the trail. It’s almost like it was put there for that purpose. I look forward to seeing what you make with it.
Thanks 😊 Of course I post everything I ma, so it will show up eventually.
It would be a good ‘waterfall’ in a landscape quilt. The little yellow spots being a sparkling of the sun on the water as it flows down hill. 🙂 Just an idea.
Hi Andrea! Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
I’m trying to keep up with Carol but seems she is too tired to email most days. You are both in my thoughts.
Who would have thought … life is full of surprises!