Selvedge Quilt

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07-02-2018, 02:51 AM

#21

copycat

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I enjoyed seeing your selvage quilt. You could play i-spy with the many colors and patterns. I especially like the selvage binding!

07-02-2018, 03:36 AM

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Karamarie

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I use my selvages for tying things. Most recently I used some to tie up my staked tomatoe plants.

07-02-2018, 03:52 AM

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Aunt Annie

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How did you finish the sides?

07-02-2018, 10:18 AM

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Phyllis42

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Love it. Love it. Love it. I usually cut off just the selvedge because I want ALL of my fabric.

Some people want like 2" of fabric when they ask for the selvedge. Just love the knots ... first thing I thought of was a road for match box cars.

07-02-2018, 11:38 AM

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JanieH

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Love your quilt and the thought of "tying the knot". I have to admit my first thought was a pretzel but then it is past 2 p.m. here and I just realized I haven't eaten anything - so I guess my first thought was food related!

07-02-2018, 03:22 PM

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retiredteacher09

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Beautiful!

07-02-2018, 05:22 PM

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Lynnie25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aunt Annie

How did you finish the sides?

The sides of the knot sections do you mean - they are fused onto the background and then machine appliqued in place. I have then quilted around close to the knot to make it stand out.

07-02-2018, 06:22 PM

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ccthomas

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Nice selvage quilt.

07-02-2018, 06:29 PM

#29

Teen

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Lynnie...this is very cool. Really like it...

07-02-2018, 06:33 PM

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Blueridgebeverly

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynnie25

I cut off the selvedge as I use the fabric but I use lots of scrap fabrics so I rely on friends and lovely quilters to keep their selvedges and send them to me or I buy them online. I do try and keep the plain selvedges and word selvedges separated but it doesn't always happen. I have them in bags which I can grab and take to our fishing cabin so I can sew on the verdandah.

Thank you for the photo! That is quite a collection! Do you piece by hand?