Monday 30 December 2013

Scraps of Selvedge

So I finally tidied my room so I could get in, and then I couldn't think what to sew! I'd found a half made Christmassy basket so I finished that

But then what?  I thought about starting a scrappy Round the World (yes I know I'm ages behind the rest of you) but then I remembered an idea I'd had in the middle of the night

I have been collecting selvedge edges for ages, and have 20 or so 5" squares plus lots of extras

I made one panel 10x20, and two strips 5x20 and two more 5x30, then I made 4 fan shaped 5x5 blocks.

There is lots of trimming to do, but I think this layout shows quite well how it will look

The plan is then another border of purple, and then one more of selvedges, but that will take 160 x 5 inches plus four more corners, and I certainly don't have that many more strips at the moment, so this is definitely a long term project (but not a UFO!!!!)

8 comments:

  1. Super cool!
    Wishing you a fabulous New Year!

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  2. Fun idea, love the corners especially

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  3. It looks very cool! Happy New Year

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  4. That is terrific, specially the fan shaped corners.

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  5. Great use of your selvedges Benta!

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  6. I like that very much!!! X

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  7. What a lot of selvedges you've collected. I've only got a small bag of them looks like I'll have to get more sewing done!

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  8. Wow, that's gorgeous! I'm ashamed to say that last year I threw out a bag of selvedges, but have started collecting them again!

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