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Old 08-12-2010, 09:36 AM
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If you aren't going to make a scrappy quilt then there is no reason to keep all the scraps. I save salvage strips to use as ties for fat quarter bundles I put together for guild gifts.
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Old 08-12-2010, 11:39 AM
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It's because of those... "too many ideas".... that we can't get off this board and get some sewing done. I am always looking here for new ideas or easier ways to do something.
Love those scrap quilts and bags.
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Old 08-12-2010, 06:26 PM
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My salvages are useless. Not enough there to use.
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Old 08-13-2010, 04:32 AM
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I also enjoyed your post. As far as the wording portion from feed sacks, my mom said they were used by a woman for womanly needs. Need I say more?
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Old 08-13-2010, 05:01 AM
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I use the selvedges to tie up my tomato plants. Guess you could call it a calico garden.
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Old 08-13-2010, 06:59 AM
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If you have a garden, the selvage pieces work great to tie
up tomatoes, peas or any other climbing vegetable or flower.
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Old 08-13-2010, 12:53 PM
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[quote=Sew 'N Sew]I "collect" selvages too and also my quilting friend saves her for me. I cut the selvage off before I cut into the fabric. These are my first "selvage projects"[/quote

Love these projects. I use to leave the selvages on or cut them the width if they were white and then I would use the white width cut offs as leaders and enders. I have started cutting all my selvages off, to make selvage projects, since I saw a thread 2-3 months ago. Now, I have scraps of my scraps. It just goes with what my family has said about me for years: I never throw anything away!!! :thumbup:
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:16 PM
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I didn't know that they were suppose to be a certain width so just started cutting them off leaving a bit of the fabric. I ended up sending to a quilter who wanted them down in Florida. Yesterday in the mail I got the neatest floppy book mark made from my selvages and from my latest quilt to boot. How fun was that! It is so cute! Thanks Chele.
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:38 PM
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I never cared about scraps either until reading some threads on here and never had any intention of making a scrap quilt or a crumb or string or anything like that...since reading these posts, I too have become obsessed with my scraps of various sizes and for various projects :)
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Old 08-13-2010, 03:13 PM
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Your post was so funny! We're all nuts, aren't we? I wish I can get off this laptop and go finish that Minkie project I'm wrestling with!
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