Do You Save Your Selvages?
On a recent blog hopping journey I came across several blogs on how to make quilts with your selvages. Check this out. www.selvageblog.blogspot.com They made skirts, dresses and upholstered furniture with it too! It is wild how the manufacturers markings become part of the design.
The look of the selvage made fabric is very interesting. I like it, but it raises a lot more questions. What does it feel like? Is it stiff? How does wash? How long does it take to make? How wide are the selvage pieces.
I am very curious. I think that I will start saving my selvages and try it out.
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Just think of all of the selvages that I had thown away! I’m gonna have to make that sewing chair cover and the lamp shade that were featured on the site.
Did you see that darling skirt somebody made with the selvages? It was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I am always a day late and a dollar short. I just threw away all my scraps
Hi, Brye! I save everything, actually… I have a small tin bucket that I keep close to me when I’m sewing, and I throw in it every strip that would otherwise go to trash. I think I prefer using these strips and the selvages for smaller projects… it would take a long time for me to keep selvages enough to make a big quilt. But I agree, some projects turn out really beautiful!
I heard about this a while back. Sounds interesting. Might be a good question of the week.