Fabric Trimmings
08-23-2010, 05:48 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by The Bag Lady
No, I am not talking about the selvedges. I am talking about the fabric that is trimmed off when you square up a block or whatever.
08-24-2010, 11:13 AM
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I also am making a selvedge quilt. So far I have made 4 squares. :lol: . I saw a quilt done in salvedges a couple of years ago and decided to make one. But not gotten very far. I only work on it when I have noting else to do. HA HA.
I like to leave about 1/4- 1/2 inch of color.
Maybe I will get it finished in this life time.
I like to leave about 1/4- 1/2 inch of color.
Maybe I will get it finished in this life time.
08-24-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mar32428
Originally Posted by The Bag Lady
What do you do with all your snippets and trimmings from blocks etc. Do you display them in a jar or save them in a box or what. I have quite a few and hate to throw them away.
08-24-2010, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by New knee
I have a friend who made a bag (purse size) from selvages. It is very "eye catching." I like to think that quilters are frugal people--waste not, want not.
08-24-2010, 04:57 PM
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This may sound like I am wasting my scraps (I mean the tinniest weiniest of pieces, sometimes smaller than a 1/4" corner), but I am filling up a plastic bag and planning to make a doggie bed for my Lhasa puppy. He is usually at my feet or by my side when I am quilting, so I thought I would make him something special and easy to throw in the washer when needed. I can't believe how much of this scrap stuff I tossed before I got this brain fart to keep it for a doggie bed.
OMG, my Lhasa puppy Sammy put a 3x3" hole in the corner of my heavy, winter quilt that is on my bed and pulled out the stuffing. I was lying down with elevated blood pressure and he got the idea to tear it (clean cut). Bad, bad doggy, but after looking into his big brown eyes I couldn't stay mad at him for long. I guess I will needle and thread it and mark this scar as a short story every time I see it.
Good thing he's not destructive, or he would have a field day at my bookcase with all my quilting things on it. Now that I think about it, I know why he did that. When I first brought him home he didn't bother chewing anything, but once I gave him a chew bone he started on shoes too. Took the bones away and it stopped. My granddaughter took out some of his chew toys and it started over again. Hopefully it won't happen again.
OMG, my Lhasa puppy Sammy put a 3x3" hole in the corner of my heavy, winter quilt that is on my bed and pulled out the stuffing. I was lying down with elevated blood pressure and he got the idea to tear it (clean cut). Bad, bad doggy, but after looking into his big brown eyes I couldn't stay mad at him for long. I guess I will needle and thread it and mark this scar as a short story every time I see it.
Good thing he's not destructive, or he would have a field day at my bookcase with all my quilting things on it. Now that I think about it, I know why he did that. When I first brought him home he didn't bother chewing anything, but once I gave him a chew bone he started on shoes too. Took the bones away and it stopped. My granddaughter took out some of his chew toys and it started over again. Hopefully it won't happen again.
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