How do you cut selvedges?
02-19-2014, 07:03 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
I only save the selvedge with the writing on it. I cut 1/2" from where the selvedge meets the printed fabric. Clear as mud?!?!? I leave 1/2" of the printed fabric attached to the selvedge. There I think that is more clear!
02-19-2014, 07:09 AM
#22
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Love your projects CoventyUK! It is so much fun to use the selvages, I've made several things (quilt, pin cushion/scrap bag holder, tote bags, etc. and enjoyed every minute! One thing I didn't see in your photos are pocket tissue holders, they turn out really cute.
02-19-2014, 07:59 AM
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If I cut the selvedge off right away and have a long piece, they make wonderful Morning Glory strings or tomato support strings. Those selvedges are very strong, but at the end of the season, they can be composted along with the vines if you don't want to go to the trouble of getting the vines off the strings. Just cut them up so they don't get caught in the roto-tiller.
02-19-2014, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Central Ohio Quilter
I think quilts made with selvedges are cute, but to me they are a waste of fabric! (Unless that is specifically what you want to make.)
When I cut selvedges off my fabric, I cut right up to the white edge so as to waste as little fabric as possible. If it is a selvedge where the color goes all the way to the edge of the selvedge I cut about 3/8 to 1/2 inch off.
How wide a strip do you cut off your selvedge edge?
When I cut selvedges off my fabric, I cut right up to the white edge so as to waste as little fabric as possible. If it is a selvedge where the color goes all the way to the edge of the selvedge I cut about 3/8 to 1/2 inch off.
How wide a strip do you cut off your selvedge edge?
02-19-2014, 12:05 PM
#28
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Originally Posted by MacThayer
I leave my selvedges on until the very last moment (mainly so I can square up the fabric). Then when I'm cutting my piecing pieces. I trim off the bits of selvedge off. That way I can continue straightening the grain until the last minute.
02-19-2014, 12:39 PM
#30
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Coventry - love your quilt.
Central Ohio Quilter - I usually cut !/2" - 1" off with my selvage. But it really depends on my pattern - sometimes I need every single bit of the fabric all the way to the selvage to get my pieces.
Central Ohio Quilter - I usually cut !/2" - 1" off with my selvage. But it really depends on my pattern - sometimes I need every single bit of the fabric all the way to the selvage to get my pieces.
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