Show Your Stripes Blog Hop

 

I would like to thank CARLA for hosting this hop and I am sure we are all going to be inspired.  Stripes are one of those versatile prints:

Most love to use it as binding,

Makes interesting sashings and/or borders.

It adds movement and interest in a block or block unit,

Excellent to use for animals,

You make your own 'stripes' with strattas,

OR completely change things up............  I played,

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My mantra for this year is NEW: new patterns, new techniques, new fabrics, new tools, etc...  I save all my selvedge and bundle ties (and my students and guild members pass the to me) and I normally send them on to some bloggers I know who collect for projects.

I decided to play with my selvedge.  I watched some U-Tubes, demos, and  tutorials to pick up some tips and best useage of these lovelies.  I went with a small project to try this NEW out, see if I like the process, and decide if I still pass them on or keep them.

I like to use a thick craft felt for batting in wallhangings as it makes them lay against the wall nice and flat.  One tip I found useful was to draw a line every so often to be sure you are laying your selvedge straight.  This technique is useful in flip and sew projects as well - but we don't flip selvedge. 

You can start with a selvedge but I didn't want to lose that pretty edge in the seam so started with a strip of fabric.  Then easy peasy you just lay your selvedge on top of the edge (I over lapped about 1/8").  I usually cut off my selvedge with 1/4" to 1/2" of fabric depending on those pesky manufacturer 'holes' from the bolt machines.   Using a walking foot, stitch really close to the edge of the over lap - ta,da, quilted!

 And you just keep going!  Some have lots of fabulous color dots or cool prints or you can use all the info or just the fabric line name - just play.  If you are new to this technique, I do recommend a small project.

 They certainly look like stripes to me and I read it as a 'walk thru the forest'.  So I found a silouhette that I liked, printed out and did a fuse that I used the raw edge machine applique'.    You can see I lost my straight overlay with the last few selvedge, but it is my first try at this and I'm not stressing.  I think this would be fun to use to make a back on a bag.

Thank you for visiting and be sure to visit today's other hosts:

Monday, February 22nd

Just Let Me Quilt

DayBrook Designs 
VroomansQuilts (you are here)

Ms P Designs USA

Storied Quilts

Den syende himmel

thatfabricfeeling

Sew Many Yarns

*link up with OMG2021*

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon