Originally Posted by
WTxRed
This brings up a question, if you'll educate me. On the selvage blog she states, "...Lay your selvages on a foundation and then sew along the bound edge of each selvage, being sure to cover the raw edge of the selvage underneath..."
So when you trim your selvages - how much are you actually trimming? I trim up just past the change in weave or the first row of the teeny holes - I don't recall having enough width on that selvage trim with fabric width to ever have enough to do anything like this. Am I missing something or is the writing and just a smidge of color from the selvage edge all they're really using?
Thanks in advance!
Click on the Brunerwoman blog:
http://brunerwoman.blogspot.com/2010...placemats.html
She leaves a 1/4" overlap in making her projects. The directions for the tote I am doing is also a 1/4" overlap although the designer says you can put them closer together if you just want to see selvage. I try to cut mine at least 1.5" wide-sometimes they have to be thinner especially if all I have to start with is a FQ and I need the most fabric out of it. I also use the unprinted selvage (the one with just the print) for the beginning of the layered selvages. Hope it makes sense.