Well quilters....to answer some of your questions:
My friend and I have been saving selvages for about 8-9 years, just the two of us.
I would say, between the two of us we have probably made around 75 quilts in the past 10 yrs. I do almost all the machine quilting for both of us.
That pile of selvages on the table was only about half of what we have saved.
I am not sure about the shrinkage when its is washed, but I am hoping that it will be minimal since it is string pieced onto fabric & I will quilt it fairly close.
And for "borntoquilt"...the red/wht/blk blocks on the design wall were fussy cut hearts machinenappliqued onto fussy cut blocks. I then did a machine blanket stitch around the hearts. I intended to have it done for valentines day...but life happens and the quilt didn't. So maybe next year. I will post some closeup pics of those blocks for you.
Thanks for the comments.
Stay tuned for more pics of a couple of other WIPs