Here's a little Mother's Day flower for you. This zippered flower was made by Kate Cusack and she has a tutorial for it on: http://tinyurl.com/2ebard3. Would this qualify as "steampunk style jewelry?"
Kathy Wilcox lives in the hill country of Texas and this is the view from her sewing machine! The conditions are perfect this year for sunbonnets, the Texas state flower. Oh, I love it!
Wow, take a look at Kathy's new Blue Zinger! This is fantastic. And she did some stunning quilting too: feathers in the blue wedges and meandering on the selvages. She did this with her Bernina 440. Yayyy, Kathy! As my son would say, "Sweet!"
Kathy has made other selvage items too: a tote bag, pot holders, and tissue holders, but this takes the cake!
Can you believe your eyes? You are looking at 49 selvage bags made by the Sweet Home Quilt Co. in Conyers, GA. They co-sponsored a bus trip to the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah, KY and owner Melissa Morrison and her crew made a selvage bag/name tag for each of the participants!
Today we are observing the National Day of Prayer in my town of Litchfield, CT. The Bible says that if we will humble ourselves and pray, He will heal our land. I think we need it. We'll meet at the flagpole on the Green at noon and pray. I'll let you know how it goes.
Meet Val in the UK. She created this lovely selvage travel bag, and recently took it on a one-week trip to Oxfordshire. She calls it her Mary Poppins Travel Bag. See all the beautiful photos on her blog: http://blog.bellabag.co.uk/. By the way, Bella is the name of her little dog. Nice job, Val!
If you live near Medina, Ohio, check out the Little Red Quilt House and say hi to Karen Benke. They have their own quilt guild, they offer long arm quilting lessons (and you can use their long arm machines after you have taken the class), classes on lots of other quilting topics, and they make custom memory quilts for customers.
Here are the winners of the selvage packages!I will email you to get your mailing address. Packages shipped this week. :)
You are just in time to depart on the Selvage Blog Surprise Field Trip! Hop aboard. We've been saving a seat especially for you. Would you care for some iced tea? Fruit or chocolates?
The first stop is Iguazu National Park, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. Feel the spray in your face? Next, a little bit of wildlife. I wonder if these parrots speak Spanish.
Isn't this a gorgeous passion flower? There are many varities in South America. Some are blue.
Now for some sewing time in Carol Taylor's quilting studio in upstate New York. It was so nice of her to get it ready for us today.
Ready for a break? Is your neck stiff from all that sewing? It's time for a little rest in the Carribean.
The evening's entertainment is a Beatles concert, specifically the last performance on Ed Sullivan. Special requests anyone?
Followed by dinner at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing, China. I wish this was a bigger photo. It looks like a nice place. These chefs said they'll make whatever we want.
Did you have a good time? Sweet dreams. Oh that looks very comfy! Nice view of Beijing too.
Tomorrow the 10 winners of the selvage packs will be announced.
Kathi Price of Texas makes the most charming selvage items! Now she's making fabric bins. These 3 photos are all the same bin: front, back and inside-out. The fabric with all the words (Sweetwater by Moda) goes perfectly with the selvages, doesn't it? 
Linda from Exton, PA is having a Selvage Challenge on her blog: "This-n-That Fabrics." Go to http://www.tnt512.blogspot.com/ for more info. The Grand Prize winner will receive a vintage Singer Featherweight! Can you believe it? I thought you should know about this! Good luck!
Welcome to my birthday party! I'm glad you're here. This cake needs another 46 candles, but close enough. I found this photo on the Internet (that's how you get cake in Cyberspace) and I liked the candles. I never saw candles like that before. The cake looks a little scary, but it doesn't matter since it's virtual. No calories either. Pretend that it's surprisingly delicious! Oh my, what a lovely hat you're wearing.
Julie Sefton of Memphis, TN has been using selvages in her quilt labels and I think it's a terrific idea! In the label above, Julie credits the machine quilter as well as the fabric designer and manufacturer.
This is what Julie had to say about the label below:It's not pieced onto the back but stitched on so that it will be quilted into
the quilt. I used a Sharpie to write on the freezer-papered fabric, removed the
paper and heat set the printing, pieced a bit, pressed some more, and finished
with selvages (giving me woven edges and no turning under).How clever is that? Good thinking, Julie!
Awww, 4th anniversary. Happy anniversary Eric and Lauren!
Do you have a favorite log cabin quilt that you would like to share in the up-coming "Online Quilt Museum?" We'd all love to see it.I appreciate the beautiful quilt photos you've been sending!
Amish Log Cabin by Karen Griska.
I know I've shown you this quilt before (both when it was still a quilt top, and again after it was quilted). But I found this close-up and just had to show it to you because the detail is wonderful.
Jill from New Jersey found this interesting selvage from Marcus Fabrics. She says: "Apparently not concerned with misprints. Just rotect the copyrightp at all costs! Does this make this selvage a collector's item?" I think so! And they did it on three fabrics! Oh well, who reads the selvage anyway? :)
Krista Hennebury of http://www.poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/ in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada just made this little Chiniese Coins selvage quilt called "Happy Camper." Very creative! And the polka dot binding is perfect; it adds sparkle. It's hand-quilted and embroidered too. She has close-up photos on her blog.
Pam Geisel from Ohio is a quilter who makes a wide variety of quilts, so of course she also uses her selvages! This is a selvage covered postcard. Did you know they travel through the mail just fine? Really. I've been lucky enough to get a few.
This is a new fabric (coming soon) from Moda by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs. Isn't it pretty, and look at those color windows! I like the Bunny Hill logo on the left in the bottom photo too. Times are good for selvage quilters!
Do you have a quilt where the blocks came from numerous quilters? Maybe a Block-of-the-Month quilt or a birthday quilt made by a group of friends? Quilts that result from the work of many different hands are tricky. Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get!
