Selvage Quilt Finish

I love fabric, plus I have huge stash of fabric scraps that span several decades.  So, a selvage quilt was a perfect project.  I managed to squeeze in 254 selvages in a 23" x 23" mini-quilt.  It was so fun to revisit favorite designers, collections, companies, colors, and designs!

Even though I didn't plan it this way, four of my favorite fabric designers ended up in a row together:  Judie Rothermel, Jo Morton, Linda Bannock, and Jinny Beyer.

The variety of fabric collection names is interesting, plus some even have the dates of manufacture.

My favorite has to be the one in the center of the photo below.  It was the selvage of a Dick and Jane fabric that I picked up at the Houston Quilt Festival 20 years ago.  It has part of a picture of "Sally", one of the characters of the Dick and Jane books and my namesake.  And, it has the year of 1996 --- the year my first grandchild was born.

I probably have enough selvages for another project, but I'm moving on ----- I found an old fabric in my scraps from probably the 1980s that is just crying out for some 'fussy cutting'.  And, I'm hoping for trip out of town to the quilt store in Colorado Springs this week. Can't wait to get started on another new project.

I'm joining the following:
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Busy Hands Quilt for Finished or not Friday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday
What a Hoot Quilts for BOMS Away Monday

SELVAGE QUILTS

Finally, I'm back doing a little quilting.  Probably should be doing other things, but you know how that goes!

The intrigue of selvage (or selvedge) quilts has been too strong for me to ignore.  So, several months ago I started to save some selvages as I worked on other projects.  Not knowing what I was going to do with them, I mistakenly cut them too narrow.

Now, it is necessary to scale down to a mini-quilt!

It has been fun going through them all: trimming, slicing, and dicing.

 I figure at this mini scale, it will take a least 250 selvages (some will be repeats with different sections of the printing).

 So far, the oldest I have found with a date is in the 1990s.  I know that I will find some from my stash from the 1970s and 1980s.  Do you remember the VIP cotton prints?  They were some of the first 100% cotton prints available at JC Penney's after the 1976 quilt revival.  I know I have some selvages yet to be discovered from that era.  Can you imagine searching for fabrics suitable for quilts before the Internet and local quilt stores?  We were thrilled to find 100% cotton fabrics for sale at that time.

And I know ---- don't laugh at my rotary cutter ---- it's from the early 1980s, the only one I've ever owned.

I can hardly wait to start the sewing process!

I'm joining the following:
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social Wednesday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday