Selvages: don't throw them away!
04-06-2022, 11:34 AM
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Selvages: don't throw them away!
As my avatar name says: I am the Mother of 1000scraps! And so I even don't throw away the selvages! And as my box is well stocked I started to sew these scraps together not knowing yet what I may do with the "new" fabric!
Who else out there is gathering the selvages and can show what you sewed out of them?
Who else out there is gathering the selvages and can show what you sewed out of them?
04-06-2022, 11:40 AM
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I have several bags of selvedges but haven't make anything from them yet other than a few mug rugs over the years. I've seen jackets & skirts & lots of other things made from them. Can't wait to see the results from yours.
04-06-2022, 01:19 PM
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I've added selvedges to many many quilts that called for neutral strings, and I have an ongoing project with wider colored sides that doesn't know yet what it will be, so far just 6.5" blocks.
When my mother had dementia and lived with me I could never actually think, so I set up an old machine by her chair where she could see me and sewed strings by the 100's. those have gone into many projects too. a lot for sashings.
When my mother had dementia and lived with me I could never actually think, so I set up an old machine by her chair where she could see me and sewed strings by the 100's. those have gone into many projects too. a lot for sashings.
04-06-2022, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by KalamaQuilts
I've added selvedges to many many quilts that called for neutral strings, and I have an ongoing project with wider colored sides that doesn't know yet what it will be, so far just 6.5" blocks.
When my mother had dementia and lived with me I could never actually think, so I set up an old machine by her chair where she could see me and sewed strings by the 100's. those have gone into many projects too. a lot for sashings.
When my mother had dementia and lived with me I could never actually think, so I set up an old machine by her chair where she could see me and sewed strings by the 100's. those have gone into many projects too. a lot for sashings.
04-07-2022, 02:24 AM
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Just poured all of my salvages into a larger container yesterday so I could get them in one place. No idea of what to do with them but sewing them into random blocks seems like a way to start on that future project. I too was wondering how much "fabric" to leave. Looks like the trend is to do just the salvage with perhaps a smidge of color. Guess, like all things quilty.........It is an individual choice.
04-07-2022, 03:10 AM
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I cut my selvages 1.5" wide, leaving a good amount of color on them. The longer strips make great binding! I sometimes run out of a particular fabric in the middle of a project, and having the selvage helps me if I got to the LQS to get more. Here's a quilt I made last year.
