Here's an interesting idea. You can dust your floors as you walk around or exercise, even! Talk about multi-tasking!
While we're looking at slippers, take a look at these Monty Python killer rabbit slippers. You have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy this, but if you are, take a look at the geek toys at:
Okay, one more. These slippers have weight-activated LED lights so they turn on when you put them on, but only if it's dark. This could be pretty spooky until your family gets used to you walking around at night with these on!
Jane Anderson of Kansas made these beautiful selvage postcards. I love the eyelash trim around the border. Nice job, Jane!
Can you believe this photo from "Mary on Lake Pulaski?" This isn't the product of Photoshop! It's the real thing. She took this photo from her deck on Christmas Eve. Mary lives in Minnesota. And to think heaven will be even prettier than this!
These two mailboxes cracked me up on a recent drive through Connecticut. I love the post above, so elegant yet modest. Definitely an Onion Chair person, don't you think?
Sandra Picamoles from Switzerland made this delightful sunglass bag using selvages. Look at all those color windows! She didn't use a pattern; she just made it up as she went along. Nice job, Sandra!
Edith is a quilter in Switzerland. This is the view from her sewing/bedroom in the morning. Isn't it pretty? She says it's hot in the afternoon, but nice and cool by evening. She's visiting the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England now. To hear about her trip, visit her blog: http://www.quiltsundmehr.blogspot.com/.
Kathi Price of Frisco, TX was making some mini key fobs for a charity giveaway when she spied some tiny selvage scraps left over from another project, and she had an "A-Ha!" moment. Don't you love it when that happens? Now this is a quick selvage project:)
"Lauren Porter knitted a full size replica of a Ferrari because it is instantly recognizable and completely the opposite of what people expect from something that is knitted." - Toxel.com
This is the beautiful view from Susan's sewing room in the spring! She lives near Madison, Wisconsin. Susan enjoys quilting, knitting, reading, thinking, listening, and praying. She's also a blogger and grandmother. Take a look at her blog: http://incrementalvictories.blogspot.com/
Thank you for sharing your photos with us! I learned how to swim from my Aunt Ruth in Lake Mendota a million years ago, and I have very nice memories of Wisconsin.
You've probably heard of "Quilt in a Cup." (You make a mini quilt and insert it into an insulated cup for a quick fun project - and perfect for selvages.) Now Dianne Springer also has "Quilt in a Clock," "Quilt in a Mousepad," "Quilt in a Clipboard," "Hooked on a Quilt," "Quilt on a Chair," and a rug pattern too! You can see all this cool stuff at: http://www.quiltinacup.com/.
While Dianne is busy coming up with all these ideas for adding quilt charm to useful objects, she saves her selvages for me! Am I lucky or what? The photo above is just the top of a big pile of selvages that arrived today! Gotta go sew. Bye for now.
One more thing: you could use selvages for any of her projects. See my "Selvage Quilt in a Cup" here: http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Quilt%20in%20a%20Cup Send photos of what you make to the Selvage Blog. We want to see!
This was a project by businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski of Poland. He was making a statement about the Communist era and the state of the world. It has attracted thousands of tourists. Many of them say that they feel seasick after a while. See more at
Have you seen "Mary on Lake Pulaski" in blogland and wondered about her lake? I have. And here it is! She lives in Minnesota, the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes." She doesn't even have a photo of it on her blog, so you have to see it here!
Samantha Kelly is a quilter who lives in Sydney, Australia. The beach above is near her, and Samantha, I've walked along that very path overlooking the beach! What a gorgeous place! Winter in Sydney is very gentle compared to New York. Both places have equally good quilting weather, though.
In the photo below you can see the view from Samantha's balcony at sunset. You can see Centrepoint Tower in the distance. Just beautiful. Thanks for the tour, Samantha. Check out her blog at: http://hand-quilter.blogspot.com/
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This is the view from Selina's front door. She lives in Queensland, Australia. The photo was taken at 5PM on a recent winter's afternoon. (Flowers in the winter; that's nice!) They have 3 acres and love it there.
"The handles of the shopping bag are made of transparent fishing line, wich makes it look like it is being held without handles." - Toxel.com
Update: After Cyndi sent me her photo (below), she had a visitor in her backyard - a bear! She was baking some good smelling brownies and he was looking for them.
Cyndi Holman sent this photo of her part of the world.Oh, that sounds so nice! Nothing like the sound of water fall asleep to. (But watch out for that bear!)
Take a look at Cyndi's blogs (and read more about the bear):
http://cyndistitches.blogspot.com/
http://cyndisitichesfreebies.blogspot.com/
JoAnne in Texas made these 2 small (9" x 12") selvage quilts for Ami Simms' Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. They will be sold or auctioned at the Houston show in October. If you want to make a quilt for this worthy cause, visit: www.amisimms.wordpress.com. What a great idea. Nice job, JoAnne!
This is Anya's backyard in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Don't you love the hand-dyed fabric lawn decoration? She and her quilting buddies have been enjoying a lot of hand-dyeing lately. They have 4.5 wooded acres. I love those white pines, green all year.
Valentina in Cyprus was enjoying a perfect stitching day at the home of a friend, and she happened to have her camera. Thanks for thinking of us and sharing this photo, Valentina. That's a very pretty bag on the table.
Make more selvage purses, that is. Joan Jordan says:
Aren't they pretty? That polka dotted fabric looks great with her selvages. One of these is for sale on Etsy (see links below). I wonder when Joan's going to make her next batch of selvage purses!
This is the view of Joan's backyard from her screened porch. She lives northwest of Atlanta. I like those little birdhouses. What a verdant paradise!
I just received these pre-cut fabrics from Laura Sampsel's Fabric Square Shop. Aren't they delicious? I'm starting to appreciate how the variety in a charm pack can really jump-start a scrap quilt. Sometimes you just need a smidgen, not a whole fat quarter.
I couldn't help laying out a few squares of the pretty Kaffe squares above. (My surface was wavy; the squares are accurate.)
The soft arrangement below is a jelly roll called "Spring Magic" by April Cornell from Moda. I'm tempted to just sew all these strips together "as is" for a summer hammock quilt. (If I had a hammock. I guess I could set one up between 2 parking meters. I'd probably have to feed them quarters every 15 minutes. That sounds restful!) Just kidding, not whining!
Diane's bangs were driving her nuts when she was trying to do some machine quilting, so she reached for a selvage and created this very cute hair-do! Are quilters smart or what?
