Belinda of Sydney, Australia created this selvage coin purse and she's offering it for sale for $20 in her Etsy store called Seventh Sphere. There you'll see many more handbags in her fresh, modern fabrics and beautiful workmanship. It's definitely worth a visit. 
Check out the selvage with the Chinese writing (above). The Heather Bailey selvage looks distinctive too, like everything else Heather does. I like the zig-zag stitch done with variegated thread too. Nice job, Belinda!
Sarah Fielke of Australia (former co-owner and co-author of Material Obsessions) has a brand new line of fabric that hasn't even been shown in Houston yet! It's called "From Little Things." Isn't it fresh and beautiful?
Julz in Australia made this whimsical little sewing angel with selvage wings for a doll swap. See the thimble necklace and the scissors on her skirt? This angel is well loved by her new family in Austria. See more on Julz's blog: http://www.simplestitches1.blogspot.com/.
Quilter Linda Robertus has a new online shop: Blue Jacaranda! You can find it on the site: http://www.madeit.com.au/storecatalog.asp?userid=19636. The feather postcard is just one of the items that she has for sale right now. Good luck, Linda!
On July 3 some of our quilting sisters from Down Under got together to make Asterisk Quilts.
Margaret made the quilt shown at the top using 1800's reproduction fabrics, her favorite. Pattie made the quilt above, putting some big flowers right in the middle. Great idea.
Rachel made the quilt above using a pack of fat quarters. Don't these asterisks look like snowflakes? Alison made the quilt below for her grandson. Nice bright colors.
And here is the group. See more photos on their blog: www.goldfieldsquilters.wordpress.com.
You can click on the link in the sidebar to see how to make this surprisingly easy block. Feel free to use it for your group. Send photos to karen@onlinequiltmuseum.com. 
Julia from West Australia made this clever selvage bag, and she has a tutorial about it on her blog: www.creativeribbons.blogspot.com (May 17th post). It has a secret pocket in the bottom. Especially good for any of you who are spies. Isn't that a great bead on the zipper pull? Nice job, Julia!
You have to see this! Above, see Step One. So far, so good.
Step Two: Add the little squares, WOW!
Step Three: Add more little squares. This quilt amazes me!
Janelle from Ellenbrook, WA, Australia made this fantastic selvage bag. She decided to use selvages on one side only. The fabric she found for the other side is perfect! I like the pink polka dots on the selvage side. Nice!
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.
Nikki from Melbourne, Australia is giving away her selvage stash. She used to supply Jodie (the famous Australian selvage genius), but now that Jodie has selvages out of her system for the moment, Nikki is spreading them around. Take a look at her blog called "You Sew, Girl!" http://www.nicolemdesign.blogspot.com/.
I love to visit Sarah London's blog and see all her wonderful crochet projects. I want to try this one, but I'm not sure how to get started with the first row; a long chain? Anyone have any advice? Check out her blog at: http://sarahlondon.wordpress.com/
Have you seen the new issue of Down Under Quilts from Australia? They're featuring selvages! Erica Spinks' authored the articles, and her beautiful selvage quilt is on the front cover. She used a solid beige fabric with her selvages, and she added hand quilting with black thread to echo the selvages. Terrific idea. This is the first selvage quilt to appear on the cover of a magazine!
Above, do you recognize my Tree of Life selvage quilt and Jodie Carleton's selvage frock? They also show Jodie's selvage chair on another page. Below see the selvage shopping sack by Linda Robertus.
Below, see my "Twilight Star" selvage quilt (left) and Linda Robertus' "Salvaged Selvedges" (right).
Fiberart genius Jodie Carleton of Ballarat, Australia is in full force making robots! And they have personalities and stories! They even knit - look at how the little black robot is holding the yarn for the knitter! Jodie's blog is a real treat. Take a look at: http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com/
No, this is Erica Spinks' neighborhood at 6:45am yesterday in Australia. They are having a dust storm and this is the exact color of the sky. This is some of the best weather I've ever heard of for quilting. (Tough on farmers and people with athsma, though.) Check out Erica's blog: http://creativedabbling.blogspot.com/. Other Australian bloggers have photos too.
Have you seen the September/October issue of Ready Made magazine? Take a look at page 16 to see a selvage bag by selvage genius Jodie Carleton of Australia. (Check out some of her truly incredible selvage creations in the sidebar at right.) I think this magazine should have featured her frock or her chair! But I guess they wanted to show something easy that readers could whip up in an afternoon. (How do you attach those handles?)
Update: Jodie says, "The handles are a fake leather and they had existing holes, I just hand sewed them on - using a big thimble.- It was a pain to be honest but they do look good!"
See Jodie's blog at: http://www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com/. The magazine's site is: http://www.readymade.com/.
If you have made a selvage item, why not send a photo to a magazine for possible publication? What's the worst that could happen?
Jodie Carleton of Balarat, Australia is the blogger and self-described selvage freak lady who made the selvage frock, the selvage parasol, and the selvage chair that you see in the sidebar at right. I call her a creative genius! Lately she is into robots and things made with fabric and metal. If you haven't visited her blog in a while, you are in for a treat: http://www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com/.
Linda Robertus of Australia sent these photos of her neighborhood. I love traveling around the world visiting quilters this way, don't you? She tells about her neighborhood below:
Dianne Cahill of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia has been making these little selvage gift tags to go with fat quarters that she gives to her sewing group friends. Are quilters thoughtful and generouos people, or what?
