Jodie from Ric Rac can’t stop coming up with incredible projects using left over selvedge from sewing projects. She made this entire dress out of selvedge. It took her about 5 months and she needed selvedge donations to have enough.
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The word is “salvage” not selvedge. Selvedge is not a word.
@Mary Johanssen: selvedge is the edge of fabric that you normally don’t use in sewing. It’s the machine edge and keeps the whole bolt from fraying. More info:
http://sewing.about.com/od/sewingglossarypt/g/selvedge.htm
Main Entry:
sel·vage Listen to the pronunciation of selvage
Variant(s):
or sel·vedge Listen to the pronunciation of selvedge ˈsel-vij
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English selfegge, selvage, from self self + egge edge (after Middle Dutch selfegghe)
Date:
15th century
1 a: the edge on either side of a woven or flat-knitted fabric so finished as to prevent raveling ; specifically : a narrow border often of different or heavier threads than the fabric and sometimes in a different weave b: an edge (as of fabric or paper) meant to be cut off and discarded2: an outer or peripheral part : border , edge
Totally is a word. Sorry. :D
Just wanted to let you know that I think this is totally amazing. Would never have thought those little “scraps” could be turned into something so lovely.
I am clapping wildly at these ideas. And oh yeah, no shame in my game, I’m gonna duplicate and make one of my own . . . er ah someday!