Selvedge quilts

How To Make Selvedge Fabric - A Fast & Easy Tute This week I've made a laptop case using selvedges and I thought I'd share with you how I create selvedge fabric. When I buy a piece of fabric I remove the selvedges along both edges by folding the fabric in the correct direction to cut them off as full-length strips. It's up to you how wide you cut them, you may want to cut them wider and see more of the original fabric design. I line the selvedge edge up with a 1" line on the cutting mat and…

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Sewing projects to make with selvedge / selvage fabric ~ Threading My Way

In September I shared this quilt finish. For want of a name, it's my "Selvedges Quilt" that finished at 59" X 72". I designed the block. Sev...

I am so excited to share my completed Selvage Whirlwind quilt today. It turned out just the way I had hoped and I love it! I think shots of quilts blowing in the wind are pleasing so I had to inc…

Well, it's almost the last day of July and instead of a "finish" to show you, I"m reporting on a new start! Oops!! I've been saving selvages in 2 plastic Animal Cracker jars for several years now. The jars are packed full so when I fell hard for this quilt by Jodi on Pleasant Home blog, I knew just what I wanted to make with my precious selvages. (In case you wonder, I try to add at least one inch of "color" when I cut off my selvage from the yardage.Some are less. Some are more.) Because i…

Tina Craig of Seaside Stitches in Rhode Island just finished her second selvage quilt, and it's a real beauty! It was inspired by my pattern Button Box, but she gave it a new twist with the on-point layout. The Squares are Kona Tomato. Nice work! *** Tina has noticed that making a selvage quilt somehow doesn't deplete your supply of selvages! I've made a bunch (19?) of selvage quilts and I now have more selvages than ever. How can that be?

Last Saturday I was honored to be asked to be the guest speaker at the MMQG Super Saturday Sewing event. Why is it super? Well for starters, they gather from 9am to 9pm for 12 hours of non-stop stitching!!!! That's pretty super in my books. It was a lovely day with nice company, good food and great stitching. The event happens upstairs at GJs fabrics so there's always great shopping available too! :-) It's a great space for sewing with loads of natural light!! There were many wonderful…

Riel Nason ––No fabric was harmed in the making of this book.Showcase your selvages the edgy way with 17 projects of all sizes! Like the ticket stubs you keep from a fabulous show, each selvage is a s

If you love the idea of sewing with selvage scraps as much as we do, we suggest adding Modern Selvage Quilting to your library. Modern Selvage Quilting includes 17 edgy projects to incorporate fabric selvages. Modern Selvage Quilting will walk you through: • Three easy methods for sewing with selvages, plus innovative half-square triangle technique• […]

I stopped in at the Attic Window Quilt Shop today and was surprised to see this stunning quilt. Barb Hassenrik made the quilt. She said...

Selvage quilt by Chicken Julie http://chickenjulie.blogspot.com/ Selvages (or selvedges in English English) are the finished edges...

Selvages are the tightly woven edges of fabric that prevent it from unraveling, and they’ve become a popular material among quilters for their unique look and durability. Quilters love using selvages to add a creative,

Check out the Great Fabric Sales... Supplies and Patterns! My block is ALL about the Selvage.. do you keep them, toss them, give them away? What about a block for them? now your talking! I have a few tips for successful edge fabric sewing.. read on! I use a 7" x 7" foundation to sew the 6.5" square. Layout the strips in the order you want to sew them. This block I decided to pack in more strips, so they are thinner. I kept at least a 1/2" of the color of the fabric so i had great placement…

I'm so excited about Edda's new selvage quilt! Isn't this a beauty? I love how the star sparkles on the delicious red background. This and several more of her quilts will be in the Cal-Co show this weekend in the Battle Creek, MI area. Selvage newbies are in for a nice surprise! This quilt measures 34" x 34." She had all the reds in her stash and she used leftover batting, so this quilt didn't cost her a cent! Her inspiration was the "Twilight Star" quilt in my book, "Quilts from the Selvage…

International Quilt Market is in full swing in Houston this weekend, so that can only mean one thing: I'm not there! Hehe, while that is tru...

Selvedges are the portion of a cut of fabric where the sides of the fabric end. Lori Allred shares quilted projects using strips of fabric you usually toss.

I posted an image of my newly painted rooms with my selvage quilt on Instagram and received several requests for a tutorial. Here it is. This time, I’ll make the quilt in greens. (Note: Al…

Becca (Bryan House Quilts blog) has a tutorial showing how to make selvage binding. And here's how it looks when it's on the quilt. Nice job, Becca!