Fun with Selvedges!

I adore scraps of fabric and what is the ultimate scrap?  A selvedge, of course.  Some dispose of them, some don't know what to do with them.  Those that do know what to do with them, like me, take great pleasure in these stringy, colour dotted, usable scraps. Selvedge collectors now have more than dots to collect.  The selvedges on the newer fabrics are little gems.  Look at this one..how cute is this one !

Here's a few of my current favourites:

Cut here!

Awesome little mustachioed Pepe in a Beret

Who doesn't love a Charley Harper selvedge

17 colour dots on this one.  Do you have one with more dots?  Love to see it

All this talk of selvedges is leading to the fact that I am going to follow along with Jessica @Quilty Habit and Renee @Quilts of a Feather and link up my post to show how I store  my selvedges.

This is my boxful of newer style fabric selvedges.  I have great connection with some quilty friends who toss them my way.  Thanks to all who contribute to my addiction!

I keep all my blue and green selvedges in this bag and I am working on sewing them to phone book pages in order to make a string quilt

In this sectioned box, I keep all my older selvedges, grouped in colours for easy access.  There are a ton of selvedges in this box.

So, with the help of this selvedge-along, I hope to tame some of this hoard and make some useful items.  I have been collecting for the past several years and have made some useful things.  Here is my favourite.....I use it every day!

I have made several pillows from selvedge blocks and I also use them on the back of envelope pillows for a bit of interest. I use them for tying up packages and keeping bundles of fabric together.   

So, I hope you will follow along too.  Go here and here for the link-ups and schedule.  There will be some wonderful tutorials as well.  Here is the first one, a selvedge cushion by Jessica .  

Have fun and I hope you get some time today to make something quilty!