Originally Posted by
CookyIN
I haven't done anything with selvedges yet, but here's a tip: Use a foundation of muslin to piece without seams. Similar to shingling a roof, lay your first strip at the bottom with the raw edge of fabric along the top edge. Sew your next selvedge so that the "selvedge" edge overlaps the raw edge of the first fabric. Keep going upwards, sewing each new selvedge to the one beneath it. When you're done, treat the selvedges as a piece of fabric to be cut up and sewn as you choose.
Hope this helps!
I tripped into a better way (by accident, mind you... lol) ... I use Pellon SF101 Shape Flex as the foundation for doing edges. You can iron down several rows of the "shingles" and then go sew a bunch down at a time. No pinning.
The first time I did this (I said it was an accident! lol) , I grabbed that interfacing just because I was trying to keep the thickness down (so the side seams of one of my bags would be doable with the selvedges) and it was the lightest-weight-anything I had on hand at the time.
I buy that interfacing by the bolt at Joann's when I have a 40-50% off coupon.
Sally