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dojo36 07-05-2009 05:57 PM


Originally Posted by GailG

Originally Posted by dojo36
that's beautiful but you had better start saving them while you're young, you get old and don't have enough time left. in fact i'm so old i'm afraid to buy green bananas, lol.

:lol: Dojo36, are you related to Sophia on GOLDEN GIRLS?? Yes, I would think it would take a long time to save up the selveges. How long have you been keeping them to be able to make a quilt as large as this one?

i think i must be, lol

JCL in FL 07-05-2009 06:06 PM

WOW Love it. you did a super job. I think I need to check my trash can!!!

Janstar 07-05-2009 07:19 PM

Really great looking quilt! Looks like you really worked long and hard on it. Thanks to you I now save all my tiny chunks and scraps in a large glass jar, it's almost full. I've got another one ready to fill. It's colorful!!

littlehud 07-05-2009 08:06 PM

Wonderful.

SulaBug 07-05-2009 10:37 PM

Your quilt is beautiful!! :D I just love
the way it turned out. How wide of a
piece of selvage do like to cut?
:D :D :D

tlrnhi 07-05-2009 10:39 PM

COOL! Great job!

Bevanger 07-06-2009 06:38 AM

that is sooooooooooo cool. i love it. you did a great job!!!!!!!!!!

Jaynie 07-06-2009 07:09 AM

Well fellow quilters, in response to your questions: My friend and I have only been saving selvages for about 10 years. We each made a quilt recently about the same size (mine is 60 inch square). Most amazing is we both still have plenty of selvages left to make more quilts. It is amazing how fast you can get a pile of those things. We didn't pay attention to size before, BUT now after making our quilts, we have decided that we should cut AT LEAST a couple of inches wide when cutting the selvages off our fabrics. It has been one of the most fun quilts I have made...no stress, no cutting from templates or patterns, no matching points. Just pick a block size, cut your foundation a little larger than finished block size, sew strips along the selvage edge onto your foundation block, overlap the next piece on the raw edge & trim when each block is finished (and yes I saved those trimmings too!) sew blocks together. It goes together really quickly. The possiblities are endless. THANK YOU all for your generous compliments.

Jaynie 07-06-2009 07:14 AM

Also to answer the question: "How long did it take to make" Well I didn't work on it non-stop. I started it in February, stopped to make another quilt, & some other projects, then finished it it June. So I would say, if I had to figure how long it took,....a couple of months if I didn't work on anything else.

Quilt4u 07-06-2009 08:21 AM

Wow!!!!


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