Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Salvaging Selvages


I made 8 more 12 inch wonky log cabin blocks from selvages and now have a total of 12 with more to come. 


I used 4.5 inch sewing themed novelties for the centers. 

Not sure of the final arrangement yet but this will be a BIG quilt.  It has also become apparent that I will be able to make a couple of BIG quilts from all the selvages I have been collecting for years even though most of the selvages are all cut narrower than narrow. 

It's also apparent that this is mindless sewing that sometimes is necessary to clear the mind.  (My mind is so clear I can hear the marbles rattling around now. )


Do you know where your scraps are? 

Scraptastic Tuesday

11 comments:

Teje Karjalainen said...

Hi Cathy! Wow, this is a great use for selvages! I love the log cabin block and it's perfect for this. Will be amazing quilt! x Teje

Ariane said...

These are so great!!

Emily said...

These are great blocks!

gayle said...

Fun blocks! I will watch you from afar, since I'm still not saving selvages... 8)

Puppilalla said...

Wow, that are a lot of selvages. You must be very patient to be able to work with those =)

Mystic Quilter said...

Now this makes me wish I had saved my selvages!! It's going to be a super quilt.

Nicky said...

Wow that's a lot of mindless sewing! Very therapeutic I find so you must be very chilled now. Good luck on completing this project. Thanks for linking up to #scraptastictuesday! !

Quilter Kathy said...

LOVE this idea to use up selvages!

Louise said...

Ha ha ha! I love your marbles comment! Better to hear them than to lose them, I guess :)

Vera said...

Fun blocks, well done!

Kaja said...

That is a lot of mindless sewing - but it must be nice to know the marbles are still in there. :-)