Barbara Cain is the author of "Go Big Go Bold, Large Scale Modern Quilts" and her quilts have appeared in many magazines too. She thought it would take a long time to save enough selvages to make anything, but creating these two beautiful selvage pillows (24" square) hardly put a dent in her selvage stash. Barbara used muslin foundation strips. You can read more about this project on her blog: Modern Quilting by B. Nice job Barbara!
For extreme scrap quilters. See Etsy.com/Shop/KarenGriskaQuilts - Easy patterns for sensational quilts!
Showing posts with label selvage pillow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label selvage pillow. Show all posts
Friday, July 20, 2018
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Selvage Hexagon Pillow
Beautiful soft colors add elegance to this selvage hexagon pillow from X Factor admin on flickr.
This would make a stunning quilt design too.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Selvage Pillow from Three Old Keys
Look at this very pretty selvage pillow from Three Old Keys! The selvages are from the 1930's style fabrics that were used on the other side of the pillow (hexies). I love how she used a row of rabbits in the print part of the fabric. It looks like a very cool selvage. Quilters are so clever. Nice job!
(Click on the link for her post about this project.)
Friday, January 18, 2013
Leila's Selvage Pillow
This beautiful Christmas selvage pillow was made by Leila in Iowa. I like the fresh, modern look of the light turquoise and the white spaces. The rick-rack adds a nice touch, and the white dots in the center tree are perfect, the red border...oh, this is so nice! Great job, Leila!
Leila is mom to 5 daughters, and they look just like her. Family photo on her blog: Sewn.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Selvage Seat Cushion
Karen Kebinger of Connecticut made this lovely selvage chair cushion. It has ties in the back that attach to the chair, or you can use them as a handle when carrying it to meetings where the seats are uncomfortable. She got the knitted wool shawl that you see on the back of the chair for free! It had a little hole in it which she repaired. Karen came to the quilt exhibit on Sunday and we had a nice visit. She showed me this photo on her phone and I asked to show it here. Nice work, Karen!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Selvage Pillow from the Quilt Barn
The Quilt Barn in Idaho has a Hen House in back where the chicks gather to sew and take classes. I wish Idaho and Connecticut were a little closer! They also have an Etsy store with gorgeous fabrics. Nice autumn selvage pillow, Chicks!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Ana Paula's Selvage Pillow

Ana Paula is originally from Brazil and now lives in California. She recently made this pretty selvage pillow and posted about it on her blog Passion Fruit Princess. Nice job, Ana Paula!
If you're looking for more quilting blogs, she has the longest list of links in her sidebar that I've ever seen!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
She's a Violinist and a Quilter!
Linda Hall of Tampa, Florida is a symphony violinist and a quilter. Her new blog is The Quilting Violinist, "Holding life together with stitches and notes." Isn't her selvage quilt with yo-yo's a beauty? Nice job, Linda! Take a look at all the fabric that Linda and her quilting buddies are using to make charity quilts. Wow!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Selvage Sofa in New Jersey!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Carla's New Selvage Pillow
Carla of Kansas City, MO made this delightful selvage pillow. She used phonebook pages for foundations! Aren't those pom-poms perfect? Nice job Carla! Take a look at her blog for in-progress photos: www.lollyquiltz.blogspot.com. (Click on posts for the month of May to see it.) I really like this!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Meet Ann J. from France
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.See her blog at http://www.enbellefrance.blogspot.com/.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Meet Mercedes from Spain

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!See more about this project on her blog: http://www.mercedesinspain.blogspot.com/ (Be sure to scroll down for this post.)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Hand Stitched Selvage Pillow
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!Now she's making a selvage tumbler quilt (using batiks in the non-selvage areas). And this will also be hand stitched! Can't wait to see that! I asked her to send us a photo. :)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Red Heart Selvage Pillow
You know Lynn from http://www.infantbibliophile.blogspot.com/. She is the Mom of a 2 year old, and she blogs about children's books and craft projects. She has photos of the process of making this pillow. I like the striped fabric at the top; it looks like a blanket stitch edge. Nice job, Lynn!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Lucie's Selvage Pillow
Lisa Rosenrot of Germany just made her first selvage project, a pretty pillow. I like those shaggy selvages and the raised flower. Nice job, Lucie! Take a look at her blog: http://lisarosenrot.blogspot.com/. It's written in German, of course, but the pictures are great!Friday, March 6, 2009
Selvage Pillow Tutorial at Moda Bake Shop
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If you are waiting for the right project to begin using your selvages, this may be it! This is very quick and easy. And it would look so good in your quilt studio...or make a nice gift for a fabric-loving friend.
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If you don't have any selvages, no problem! Moda will hold a contest soon - and you may be the winner of a whole boatload of scraps and selvages. I'll keep you posted.
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P.S. Not ALL the scrapbags have selvages, so check the bag before buying!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Log Cabin Pillow - With Selvages
Take a look at this innovative log cabin block made by prolific selvage quilter Elena McDowell. This is a 16" pillow cover for sale on etsy at: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14375734. I love the playfulness of this block. Nice job, Elena!P.S. Elena makes custom selvage items (like table runners, quilts, and pillows). You can contact her via http://www.quiltsbyelena.com/.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Selvage Pillow - Log Cabin Style
Have you noticed that Australian selvage quilter Jodie's style of arranging selvages is similar to that of New York selvage quilter June Calender? They use just the white stripe selvage with little or no printed fabric. That makes their quilts primarily white, so the writing and the color windows really stand out. I like that one selvage on the back. What a good idea. Keep up the great work, Jodie!You can see more of Jodie's work at http://www.vintagericrac.blogspot.com/.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Newman Quilters Try Selvage Quilting
Meet the Newman Congregational Church Quilters of Rumford, RI. They are a wonderful bunch of quilters: friendly, funny, generous, and talented. Look at all the cool selvage pillow tops they made in one afternoon workshop. Yes, that's my sister Eileen Lovett seated on the far right. She is my #1 quilting buddy! Eileen is the Queen of Creativity and has more energy than an army!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Selvage Pillow for Gail Kessler
If you have been looking at selvages lately, you probably recognize the name Gail Kessler. She is with Andover Fabrics and designed the Dimples line which is printed in a gazillion pretty colors. She has many other designs to her name as well! PA quilters, check out her quilt shop called "Ladyfingers" in Oley, PA.
I had so many of her selvages that I made her a pillow featuring them. I like this arrangement of selvages. I started by sewing the short selvages along the top of the foundation fabric. Then, I added the long selvages horizontally, starting at the bottom. When I reached the short vertical selvages, I made sure their raw edges were covered by the last horizontal selvage. I folded the last long selvage over and top-stitched to finish the pillow top. The backing is a black and white print. She displays this pillow in her studio:)
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