Jodie has become so enamored with selvedge she even created a selvedge storage system. She keeps three boxes labeled Papa Selvedge, Mamma Selvedge, and Baby Selvedge. She explains the Papa Selvedge box is the long strips she cuts off yardage. I assume then Baby Selvedge are short bits and Mamma Selvedge is somewhere in between. I also assume she had more than three photo boxes worth of selvedge to create the dress and chair. If you want to try your own hand and a selvedge creation, check out Jodie’s complete tutorial to make a selvedge doll quilt, her first selvedge project. The tutorial gives the basics on how to piece your selvedge strips and how to foundation piece them to a cotton backing. From there you can make whatever you decide. I think a selvedge covered cork board in a craft/sewing room would be genius. [Images by Jodie Carleton]
