Two or three years ago I read a library book about using selvages. I made a "tree of life" patterned quilt and hung it is my sewing room. It is fun to look at it and remember to whom a certain fabric belonged, etc. If I tire of this, I will yank it from the wall and cuddle up with my husband and cat in front of a nice fire this winter! I think the name of the book was "From the Selvage Edge".