Some quilters like to use every last scrap of fabric, including the selvages! But what can you do with them? Cut the selvages off of your fabric and-Continued to the right...
...Continued from leftsave to use like string or ribbons for gifts. Better yet, wrap a gift for a quilter in fabric as well. I have one friend who stitched them onto a foundation fabric and created a unique purse with them. Wrap selvages into balls and your kitties will love you!
Did you know that you can buy pre-made quilt blocks on eBay? Some people don't have a lot of time to purchase fabrics and do the cutting and sewing, but they want something they can help make. Purchase a set of pre-made blocks and add borders or sashings and you're done!