Yep.... thats right its all made from selvedge !!! I just love how it turned out !! I am soo excited by this I am planning a bigger project !
Step 1. Cut the selvedged edge off your fabrics leaving 1/4 inch of fabric (this becomes your seam allowance.) Then with right sides together sew two pieces together and press open, showing selvedge.
Step 2. If you have nice thick selvedge you may be able to join one pair to another pair - giving you four (or more) joined togetherwithout losing all the details.
Step 3. When you have pieced a few strips together you can begin to foundation piece them. I cut (ripped) a piece of very light cotton to the size I wanted and then simply began sewing the strips on. Sew as close to the very edge as you can but remember that this is the selvedge so it is not going to fray.
Step 4. Continue on adding your little pairs of selvedge strips ( or bigger ones) until you have the size you require. I used my walking foot for this part.
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Step 5. When you have pieced all your strips , turn over your work and trim the edges, squaring up if you need to.
Step 6. I used cotton batting in this little quilt and I quilted it very simply by running some lines of stitching across the quilt in a "stitch-in-the-ditch style. My finished quilt is almost fat quarter sixe measuring approx 18 x 20 inches. Then of couse a bit of binding and your done !!!
I really love this project and am keen to do a bit more with selvedges. I have been chopping them off every scrap of fabric in the stash.
The added bonus to this project is, when asked about all the fabric in the stash I can honestly say "of course I use them all I have put almost all of them into a quilt !"
Miss Eloise says it is very snuggly !
Hi Jodie,
ReplyDeleteLove miss Eloise and her blankee. What a fantastic use of the selvedges. I hope you don't mind if I copy you and make one myself.Looove it. Who is a clever girl! Good luck with the competition!
Love Mel! ps my youngest daughter's middle name is Eloise!
Gracious no I don't mind. Do make one - it is heaps of fun.
ReplyDeleteEloise' is actually called "Eloise lemon squeeze" after a little girl who used to go to my school.
I love it! How clever to use the selvedges. It turned out great!
ReplyDeleteEloise looks beautiful. You are very clever using the selvedges. I often think what to do with them.
ReplyDeletebrilliant.
ReplyDeletelooks great--I'm amazed you were able to make it so perfectly even. I guess I need to learn to sew straighter.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute! What a fantastic idea! You are so creative. And I'm glad you finally told us what you were doing with the selvedges, I've been dying waiting! ~A :-)
ReplyDeleteCute idea - I NEVER would have thought to do something like that, but it gives it sort of a novelty feel.
ReplyDeleteOk, so I'm loving that! It's like a lovely little time capsule of your quilting. Bravo! :D
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful quilt - i have a bag of selvedge edges knowing that they are going to come in handy sometime... great job.
ReplyDeleteJodie, you are SO clever - you keep coming up with such great ideas! The doll is also gorgeous, and you've written a great tutorial. From now on, I'm keeping those selvedges!
ReplyDeleteLara
That is absolutely adorable! I can't even believe what an ingenious, lovely idea that is. I'm so going to try that for the mini quilt I'm determined to make one day.
ReplyDeletethat is such a cool idea!
ReplyDeleteI followed the link from Whiplash and your quilt is really wonderful. I just saw the PBS documentary Craft in America last night and there was a part about quilting and String Quilts, well you take that idea and turn it on its head. Brilliant - making art out of the mundane!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone, I'm glad you like this little quilt - I would love love love to work on something bigger with selvedges but used quite a stash for this little quilt.....I guess that means I need more fabric ...
ReplyDeleteThat is so clever. Of course now I will never be able to throw those selvedge bits away anymore!
ReplyDeleteGreat project! I am so sad thinking of all the selvedges I've thrown away!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I posted a photo a few days ago on my blog of a whole quilt my friend made with selvedges. I LOVE the idea to make a doll quilt with them:) Great job!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun quilt. And really pretty too.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea! I have knitted scarves using leftover fabric and I am sure the selvedges tied together to form a nice ball o yarn would come in handy the same way. I love it when ideas start bouncing!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great idea!
ReplyDeleteoh - I love everyones ideas and I wish I knew how to answer individually to all the comments. I love the idea of a ball of selvedge yarn - How cool would that be?????
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Hi Jodie! It's nice to find another blogger from Victoria! I also work library part-time (great for sourcing the new craft books as soon as they come in!) I really like the numbered coloured dots on the selvedge strips - great idea! I don't understand though why you needed to sew the strips onto the cotton piece? Is it to keep them straight? (I haven't done foundation piecing before). Have you seen the doll quilt swap? Check out http://dollquiltswap.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteI am also doing it as my first ever swappy thing!
This reminds me of the old cigar box silk quilts I've seen around. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a clever idea!!
ReplyDeleteHave been sewing lots and think of you often because now I cut off the selvedge. Have quite a little pile to send you, Jodie, for your next brilliant project!
ReplyDeleteI love that. I've always hated throwing away that strip of fabric. It can be pretty interesting.
ReplyDeleteI've quite a stash of selvedges, and since I've seen you love them so much, can I send them to you? I'll keep collecting them for you if you like!
ReplyDeletewhat an awesome idea! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love that.
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Very cool, I will keep it in mind, especially if I ever get a baby girl GD. I saw a fabric quilted postcard made from selvages. I hadn't saved them in the past until someone asked for them & I just sent a bag of selvage squishies to an internet friend, I think she uses them for "Heartstrings" blocks. If you need more.......!
ReplyDeleteRoslyn
From one Jodie to another:
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness- using the selvedge edges to mastermind such cute things is ingenious :) I will definitely have to start keeping mine!
What a clever way to use every bit of fabric that one has.
ReplyDeleteAnd so cute!
Maria
This is so great! I have mode doll's quilts in the past using pillowcase hems, I hated wasting the strips when I was making other projects.
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