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Old 04-28-2013, 02:45 PM
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mrs. fitz
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I love them and have made several things - a sky scene with a selvage UFO among the stars, a block for a BOM challenge (I won them all!) which I turned into a fairly good size quilt. Several years ago at the Empire Quilters show in New York my favorite quilt was the first selvage quilt I ever saw. My quilting cousin, whose taste is different from mine, met up with me and said "wait till you see my favorite" - sure enough, the same quilt. It was made by guild member Karen Griska. Google her book "Quilts From the Selvage Edge" to get some ideas. Karen organized the BOM I mentioned earlier; the block was "selvage houses". If you google selvage quilts several pictures show up which also give a good idea of projects waiting to be made. I save all lengths; the smallest pieces are good for the corners of selvage strip blocks. Can you tell I'm a fan!
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