Originally Posted by
Tashana
If the salvage is not printed but the same color as fabric I don't even cut it off. The width of the seam is the width of the selvage. Done!
The only problem with that is that when the quilt is washed the selvage will shrink differently than the rest of the quilt. I always fold my fabric enough times that I can get my 36" ruler lined along the selvage and then cut it off with my rotary cutter.