This is the first time I have started a new topic. I have replied to a few on going but never posted. So if I do this wrong please forgive.
I have been saving the selvedges from my fabric for a long time.
I now have a large trash bag full.
Does anyone have some new ideas as to what I can do with these.
So far I have made squares by sewing them on muslin. But I would like something really new.
I know there are some very creative people out there.
Thank you in advance for your ideas.
Pat

http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/

lots of ideas here

sarahbelle, that is a neat website!

What a cool website. Thanks for the tip.

That's the blog! Be sure and go back thru the archives and see the dress and the chairs.

I saw someone make them into house-shapes. Each was very charming. They are on the website of Empire State Quilters.

My cat mat is featured on the side bar of the selvage blog. Look on the right hand side and look way down. It's a black and white cat on a mat that I made. I make cat mats all the time for all the cats I know.

Great web site
Thanks

One of our members just posted this tutorial on our board :D:D:D

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-55244-1.htm

Ilove the lampshade. I was going to buy a new one for the lamp on my cutting table, but with this idea I could easily fix this one up to be functional!!!

What an interesting site! And I did see the dress. Now that would take a whale of a lot of selvedges! Beautiful.

Unreal how cool selvedges are!! Gail I love your cat quilt!!
I have learned so much in my few months here, as I said UNREAL!! Thanks for the great link!!

I never thought to save selvage edges....that would expand the scrap bin too! I am amazed at what can be done with them! Thanks for posting that link!

I knew everyone would come up with GREAT suggestions.
they are all great. Keep them coming.

thanks for the website!
I have a sewing stool (chair) that need recovered
what a great idea and I love the lamp!
I have a large glass pickle jar 1 gallon size that I have filled with empty wood thread spools, So my hubby could get a lamp kit and make a lamp for my sewing table,
selvage lampshade would just be the greatest!

So glad you started this thread. Love the ideas on the blog. The cat is adorable. I plan to make some postcards. Thx.

Argh! And to think I've been throwing mine away! Very creative. Thanks for the link.

ok, I love all these ideas, but have a quick question. How wide to you cut the selveges? I see that there is still some of the fabric above the selvage andwas wondering what a good width would be.

http://creativedabbling.blogspot.com...-for-sale.html

selvedge pincushions.... this is what I am saving mine for (I figure i could manage a small project like this)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/48482893...rder=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

more pincushions...

I think most cut them about 1/2" above the white(name area)
at least this is how I do it.

When I first started collecting the selvedges I would cut them very close to the white. but found that by the time I sew a 1/4 seam allance they almost dissapear. I now cut them about 3/4 to inch above the white. It works much better.

Love the pincushions!!!!
Great idea.

Someone mentioned the house-shaped selvedge blocks shown on the Empire Quilt Guild website, May's BOM. I won them. You can see how they're put together at www.empirequilters.net

On the same website in Show & Tell for May there's a picture of me (Verna Fitzgerald) holding the small wall hanging I made using selvedges. I've been saving them for about a year, since I saw a selvedge quilt at the Empire show in May 2009, and this was my first attempt to make something. Karen Griska, the woman behind www.selvageblog.blogspot.com, is a member of Empire and I've become one of her "groupies".

I love your wall hanging.
Thanks for sharing.

I cut them 1" wide. I just posted a picture of my "bag of many colors" made with them. My suggestion is to sew them onto a backing and then cut them out into the dimension you want.

I'm saving selvages and I have a bag full. Now I know what I am going to do!

pot holder backings, coasters, totes, you name it...treat them like any other fabric and USE them up...

I also use mine in the gargen!