Adventures of a Novelty Fabric and Selvage Obsessed Quilter
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I am a busy wife and the mom of 19 year old twins, a boy and a girl who are Sophomores at Syracuse University.
I have been quilting since the spring of 2008. I love novelty fabrics, colorful and unique.
Selvage quilting is addictive! Who knew the "junk" we cut off and threw out would be what I now save! I started a new tradition when I travel--visiting quilt stores! I particularly enjoy going to stores that have been named in the Quilt Sampler Featured Shop Lists-
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Anyone care to venture a guess?
At what my latest project is?
It involves muslin, batting, pins, and selvages, of course!
Leave a guess in the comment section, and
I'll come up with a small prize if anyone guesses correctly!
My own selvage stash is growing and I'm also planning on a trip to the wonderful shop my friends and I found during our girls weekend, so more yardage is on my shopping list.... which means..... more selvages:-) Happy Sewing!
I love the way you have the selvages sorted in the third image, Jill! I think Karen's guess is a good one, but I have to come up with something different, I guess. So, along a similar theme, I'll guess that you're making a wall hanging with a Chanukah menorah!
Tell me something, what's the secret to getting all these people to send you their selvages? I'm anxious to start on a decent sized selvage project, but my collection is still so pitiful. I could go through my stash and cut everything, but then that would be cheating, LOL! Plus a few other drawbacks.
Goodness - this is hard! Perhaps a Christmas card holder to put on the wall to display your cards? (Though when I saw them all laid out in a big slither I thought perhaps a scarf?!)
I have been making pillowcases; dozens and dozens; and now I have dozens and dozens of selvages for my first selvage project. So your project is a quilt! a selvage quilt
I came over from Selvage Quilter to venture a guess. I'd guess one of those l-o-n-g scarves, but I think with muslin, batting, and the like it's more likely to be something else....a table runner?
You've got a long piece of muslin, though maybe you aren't going to use all of it, but you might be starting a large project made of several blocks. I don't think the colors really suggest a Christmas or holiday themed project. Are you going to do a zinger-type quilt but without the "zinger" fabric? Does that even make any sense?! I've read through Karen's instructions on her website, and I'm saving selvages for a wall quilt in the future. Kathleen C.
A tree or mantle swag. You make these by tying 6" x 1/2" to 1" torn strips to a long narrow piece of muslin. I have one. It makes a great decorative (and warm) muffler for around your neck and looks pretty just around your neck and hanging down the front of your coat.
Okay I'd like to guess again, as Karen wrote that no one has guessed yet. How about one of those covered boxes? Or another guess is a pet cushion. We are all waiting to see what it is!!!
If you could make landscape quilt with it, that would be nice and I want to see it!! Just thought the white parts of selvage would make nice snowy wintery looking :)
A rainbow or color wheel maybe a few fabric hula necklaces, quilt as you go table cloth or did someone say that chrismas tree skirt well whatever you decide it will be lovely ter
I'm guessing a Christmas tree skirt!
ReplyDeleteKaren
I don't know, but I sure have to try some of these selvage projects. Now to find some because I've never saved them. :(
ReplyDeletepillow case?
ReplyDeleteMaybe a bag?
ReplyDeleteMy own selvage stash is growing and I'm also planning on a trip to the wonderful shop my friends and I found during our girls weekend, so more yardage is on my shopping list.... which means..... more selvages:-)
Happy Sewing!
I love the way you have the selvages sorted in the third image, Jill! I think Karen's guess is a good one, but I have to come up with something different, I guess. So, along a similar theme, I'll guess that you're making a wall hanging with a Chanukah menorah!
ReplyDeleteTell me something, what's the secret to getting all these people to send you their selvages? I'm anxious to start on a decent sized selvage project, but my collection is still so pitiful. I could go through my stash and cut everything, but then that would be cheating, LOL! Plus a few other drawbacks.
A medieval breastplate done in a descending rainbow of color?
ReplyDeleteTerisa
Green thinking Re-usable Christmas wrapping "paper".
ReplyDeleteSome sort of rainbow selvage quilt...
ReplyDeletea rag quilt (quilt as you go blocks) with heartstrings-styled diagonal strips?
ReplyDeleteGoodness - this is hard! Perhaps a Christmas card holder to put on the wall to display your cards?
ReplyDelete(Though when I saw them all laid out in a big slither I thought perhaps a scarf?!)
I`m thinking it`s a Christmas wreath . First thing that popped into my head, when I saw it. Emily.
ReplyDeleteI think it's going to be a giant floor pillow! Janet
ReplyDeleteI think Karen might have it right with her Christmas Tree skirt guess but it might be a colorful log cabin quilt.
ReplyDeleteHi there, Karen sent me over :-) I am guessing a table runner. Can't wait to see what it is!
ReplyDeleteChristmas stockings for everyone in your family?
ReplyDeleteChristmas ornaments
ReplyDeleteAppears to be sorted by color...so maybe a log cabin quilt?
ReplyDeleteI have been making pillowcases; dozens and dozens; and now I have dozens and dozens of selvages for my first selvage project. So your project is a quilt! a selvage quilt
ReplyDeleteHow about a string quilt?
ReplyDeleteI have another guess: a tablecloth?
ReplyDeleteI'm getting curoiuser and curiouser.
Karen
Insulated curtains? A jacket? Car floor mats? A magic flying cape?
ReplyDeleteI came over from Selvage Quilter to venture a guess. I'd guess one of those l-o-n-g scarves, but I think with muslin, batting, and the like it's more likely to be something else....a table runner?
ReplyDeleteHowdy! I'm over from Selvage Quilter. I guess a rag rug?!?!
ReplyDeleteKyra
superkyra21 at yahoo dot com
Maybe you're reupholstering a chair?
ReplyDeleteHi, since it's almost Christmas, I am guessing a Christmas tree skirt, stockings, or a wreath. Dinah
ReplyDeleteYou've got a long piece of muslin, though maybe you aren't going to use all of it, but you might be starting a large project made of several blocks. I don't think the colors really suggest a Christmas or holiday themed project. Are you going to do a zinger-type quilt but without the "zinger" fabric? Does that even make any sense?! I've read through Karen's instructions on her website, and I'm saving selvages for a wall quilt in the future.
ReplyDeleteKathleen C.
A landscape wall hanging? I've certainly gotten lots of ideas from the others who have guessed!
ReplyDeleteJoAnne
A tree or mantle swag. You make these by tying 6" x 1/2" to 1" torn strips to a long narrow piece of muslin. I have one. It makes a great decorative (and warm) muffler for around your neck and looks pretty just around your neck and hanging down the front of your coat.
ReplyDeleteOkay I'd like to guess again, as Karen wrote that no one has guessed yet. How about one of those covered boxes? Or another guess is a pet cushion. We are all waiting to see what it is!!!
ReplyDeleteslipcovers for a chair? couch?
ReplyDeletebar stools?
foot stool?
whatever it is I can't wait to see it!
Kathie
If you could make landscape quilt with it, that would be nice and I want to see it!!
ReplyDeleteJust thought the white parts of selvage would make nice snowy wintery looking :)
A rainbow or color wheel maybe a few fabric hula
ReplyDeletenecklaces, quilt as you go table cloth or did someone say that chrismas tree skirt
well whatever you decide it will be lovely
ter
A window valance, maybe? Fun stuff, my daughter's guess....
ReplyDeleteKaren sent me to your site and my guess is that it is a selvage boa... Do it in red and purple and give it to a Red Hat lady!
ReplyDeleteMary in Southbury, CT
How about a frilly jacket or waistcoat? Can't wait to see it finished.
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