Do you save your selvages?
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
Posts: 12,538
Mine go in the trash unless I am saving for one friend or another. (One friend makes rugs with them, another makes quilty things of them.)
The only thing I have done with them is make rouched flowers. Batik or good muslin edges work well for those.
The only thing I have done with them is make rouched flowers. Batik or good muslin edges work well for those.
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 89
I saw a whole book on salvages. I save mine now and I also have my guild members saving them. I have already put together 10 (17x17) inch salvageblocks. To slice and dice up for things. pot holders, oven mits, pin cushions, laptop bag and I am going to make a quilt out of salvedges and antique feed sacs. Also place mats, cat rug, and so on. I am giving them away for Christmas. The are fun to work with. I have friends buying fabric when ever they go out of the country at least 1/2 yard and I use those salvedges also. I think I am addicted..................... it could be worse. heheheh
quilter_kjm
quilter_kjm
#16
I do as Nancy in MN. I will tie up lots of things. Bundles of FQ's,huge bundles of left over batting and hubby even uses them on the tomatoe stakes and bean vines. Not that we need too but because I keep a bag in the garage, shop and in the cabinet on the carport. They are handy and tough. I have even tied stacks of newspapers and magazines to carry to recycle. And I am wanting to learn how to make the hooked rugs out of these things. Hey - I could even make some hooked place mats for the picnic table. ?Who knew?
#17
Funny, there was just a topic today with a picture of a very neat selvage quilt! It was really neat (cant find it now). While I have no desire to use them, I do save them and have given them as a PIF or in a Secret Pal swap.
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
I save enough quilting "byproducts " please do not encourage me to save more ! Between the scraps, crumbs, magazines, batting morsels, bits of fusibles .... I just can't handle another bin of !
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