Jette Huneck is a quilter in Denmark. She's been quilting for 8 years, but these are her first selvage projects. I like how she featured black and white with just a light touch of color, even in the yoyo flowers. After making the tote, she made pot-holders with the left-overs. Great idea. Very nice, Jette!
You've seen Akiko's selvage whale; the pattern is in Sew News. 
Keep an eye out for the new May/June issue of Quiltmaker...but here's a sneek peek of one of my favorite quilts!
I'm really excited to tell you about this quilt. This year I designed the Blocks of the Month for my guild, Empire Quilters in New York City. This was the block that we kicked off the year with in September. I called it "Candy Stick," but I like Quiltmaker's name better, "Asterisk."
My challenge was to design a block that looks difficult, but is actually easy and fun to make. Those are my favorites. It also had to work as a scrappy quilt and have wide appeal. Many quilters participated and we had a great time. (I made this quilt in advance to show the guild how it would look, and it's one of my favorites. I like how Quiltmaker photographed it too.)
The Empire Quilters Block of the Month can be seen at: http://www.empirebom.blogspot.com/.
Georgina is an Argentinian living in Qatatr in the Middle East. She's reading a book now that belonged to her mother when she was a university student. To protect this precious book, Georgina made a selvage book envelope. What beautiful soft colors, and that button is perfect! You can see more beautiful photos of this project and others on her blog: http://www.eltallerdegeorgina.blogspot.com/.
Jill Bunis from New Jersey (Cre8fmomquilts) is the maker of the selvage cornices, the upholstered club chair, and more. Now she's whipped up a tote bag to bring to the quilt show in Lancaster, PA. I like the wide color stripes in this bag. You can see in-progress photos on her blog: http://www.cre8fmomquilts.blogspot.com/. Nice job, Jill!
Anya of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania just finished this selvage quilt. She used the quilt-as-you-go method, and she doesn't recommend it. "Too many issues" she says. I'll take her word for it.
Ann J. from France spent International Quilting Day making this selvage pillow. She used the pattern I made for Moda Bake Shop. I like how it came out. Nice soft colors.
Akiko Kunst of Massachusetts made this selvage chicken! Isn'st he cute? She is making them for her guild's quilt show boutique. The show will be on July 24-25 at Tantasqua Regional High School in Sturbridge, MA. She'd better make tons of these little chicks! They're going to be popular, don't you think? I'd buy one...or more. :)
Katie from Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia just finished her first selvage project, a selvage lampshade! She found the tutorial on www.selvagequilts.com and decided to give it a go. That's the spirit! You can see more of her stuff at: www.5starbaby.blogspot.com.
When Akiko Kunst made this fantastic selvage whale, I posted about it here, and it's been on the sidebar ever since. Now her whale is about to appear in Sew News magazine! Click here to get the free pattern! www.sewnews.com/articles/Salvaged_Selvages Keep an eye out for the April/May issue which will be out any day now. Congratulations, Akiko!
Mercedes Jimenez from Madrid, Spain made this beautiful selvage pillow using her new sewing machine that does embroidery stitches. She decided to sample these stitches along the edges of her selvages. What a good idea. Quilters are so clever. Nice job, Mercedes!
This chair was given new life by Mary Beth. It cost her $5 total! She used beautiful Kaffe selvages and I love that purple paint. Didn't she do a fabulous job? Yayyy, Mary Beth!
If this bag looks familiar, that's because you saw it featured in Down Under Quilts, issue 139. (If you don't live "down under," you can get some of this magazine free online.) Quilter Linda Robertus of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is having a giveaway to celebrate the new look of her blog. Winner announced on March 23rd, so visit her new blog and take a chance. Her blog is: http://www.q-linda.blogspot.com/. Tell her Karen said hello.
WOW! Jill from New Jersey just finished her selvage chair! Isn't this amazing? She put it in the same room with the selvage cornices. Jill has some excellent photos showing how she upholstered this chair. See her blog at: http://www.cre8fmomquilts.blogspot.com/. She's giving away selvages today to celebrate finishing the chair and help others get started.
Yesterday Jackie Kunkel (of Canton Village Quiltworks) and I did a podcast about selvage quilting! Her free podcasts are called "Jackie's Quilting Chronicles" and can be heard on her website or on iTunes.
You'll remember that Jacquie of Kansas City recently finished her selvage spider web quilt top. She had it quilted by Angela Walters, and it is a masterpiece! I love this quilt! You can see more detail photos of this quilt on Jacquie's blog: http://www.tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/
Is this a wonderful selvage bear or what? Abby from the UK http://www.bubsbears.com/ made him using selvages given to her by friends and blog readers from the UK and the US. His name is Winnie. She wants to make more, but now she's swamped with orders for her patchwork bears. Well, no wonder! Great work, Abby!
Brenda of Scraps and Strings in Manitoba, Canada (www.scrapsandstrings.blogspot.com) made this mini selvage quilt full of dots and color windows for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, organized by Ami Simms. She hand quilted it with swirl designs. Nice job, Brenda!
Martha is originally from Baltimore, MD but now she lives in the UK with her husband and six kids. They recently celebrated her son's 10th birthday with an outer space theme party; you have to see the photos! She made a table runner with selvages. She was even able to "sign" the runner (see photo above). Martha specializes in machine quilting, and she quilted this piece with glow-in-the-dark thread. What a cool Mom.
Their daughter is considering a college in Cambridge, and Martha included some great photos of their trip there. You will really enjoy her blog: http://www.machinequilter.blogspot.com/. 
Kimbuktu of New York just made this selvage skirt for her little granddaughter. Isn't it pretty? The belt was made with Moda bias tape. Wouldn't it be nice to see these selvage skirts modeled by their owners?
Has anyone seen the new Kaffe book yet? Judging this book by its cover, I think I may have to buy this one. I'm curious about the quilts in the lower-left and the lower right. I wonder if he makes those little fans the way I do (see: www.empirebom.blogspot.com to see the Feb.2010 block). The one with the black wheels...I can't imagine. Applique? Embroidery?
Patrizia Rossini of Rome, Italy made these beautiful bags using selvages. The top photo is a bag made from the selvages of Japanese fabrics, and the bottom photo is a bag made from African fabrics! What soft, warm earth colors. 
Here's an example of how Japanese fabric manufacturers make their selvages more interesting. I hope other manufacturers follow their example and make their selvages prettier too. Then our current selvage quilts will look like antiques!
Years ago selvages were very plain, just the company name in a "typewriter" Pica or Elite font. Remember that? Older fabrics don't have anything written on the selvage at all.
Janet in Knoxville, Tennessee just finished this pretty selvage pillow. She likes to do handwork, so she sewed all the selvages onto the foundation using Pearle cotton #8 and big stitches! You can see the running stitches if you take a close look, or hold the Control button and press "+" to magnify. On the back side she used a navy blue flannel. Nice job, Janet!
No, just kidding. But doesn't it look like a selvage outfit? Seriously. I like the suit even if it's just fake selvages. I really enjoyed watching the Olympics (on TV, that is). Truly amazing!
Drumroll, please! Here are the 3 winners in the "Lessons From Elephants" fabric giveaway!Let me know if you prefer a Charm Pack or Selvages, and I'll get these prizes in the mail.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
The photo above is for illustration only, from bing.com.
"We were on our way, but we get stopped by an elephant!" 
"Lessons from Elephants" is a dynamic new blog by fashion aficionado Molly Bryn of Boston. You'll enjoy seeing the world through Molly's eyes. This photo is one of my favorites. 
I need a real good theme for a Quilt Challenge. Something that will appeal to a lot of quilters. Maybe selvages, maybe not.
