Letters From The Edge Quilt

 I've followed Karen Griska's

Selvage Blog

for years,

and have been continually fascinated by

the abundance of creativity

in using selvages from fabrics

to make quilts and various projects.

You know those selvage edges that 

people normally throw away 

when cutting out their fabric?

I've even collected and saved 

an entire bin of my own selvages thinking that 

someday 

I will make something wonderful with them.

(and there they still sit)

 This explains why during the  

Tucson Quilters Guild show

my eye especially went to 

Letters From The Edge

made and quilted by

Janine Holzman 

Janine combined a traditional 

basket pattern

with selvages!

I love her use of red

to offset and showcase

the markings of each selvage.

 Another great example of 

using what you have 

in the creative process.

 Selvages are a good reminder of quilts we have made

and the wonderful designers 

and companies that offer

new colors and prints

for us to play with.

It feels almost like a

culture within a culture.

 And the back of Janine's quilt is as fun

 as the front.

She wrote:

"The name came to before I figured out how to use

up my collection of selvages.  The machine

quilting is random calligraphy letter

that makes no attempt at spelling."

My bin of selvages will sit for a while longer.

But, ideas are percolating...