stillvnu

I save mine! I have a dollar store folding hamper about half full ... it sits in the corner of my room and I have big plans!
A Tote - mug rugs - quilt squares ... etc.

copycat

Our guild had a fun night creating selvage mug rugs. There was a table with everyone's selvages. I remember using fusible batting to lay out the selvages and pressing them in place. Next we made the quilt sandwich and sewed them down.
Have fun!

Karamarie

Since selvages are so strong, I save them and use them to tie things together, such as around totes (stuffed full) or anything else you might need to secure.

juliasb

I save them but not for myself. I have a quilting buddy that uses them. They are way to small for my doing.

sewingsuz

I save them and make purses out of them.

Nerys

I save them and use in my other crafts, like in junk journals.

Maire

Everyone tastes are different, I save mine, have made tote bags, pin cushions, mug rugs, quilts, etc and love sewing with them using my imagination.
I someone doesn't like them then don't save or use them, but please be kind toward those of us who do like them.

WesternWilson

A resounding NO! Unless....the coloured dot part is so pretty I want to use it as an inspiration palette piece.

When the selvedge quilt idea first came out I had just read a quilting thread that was started by a lady who was newly retired. She was warning ladies her age to build a stash before retirement as after there would be no budget for fabric shopping. I found this very heart-rending. At the same time there was a lot of posting about preventing "waste" and an artist friend expressed surprise at how quilters obsessed about wasting fabric. She said artists understand that you have to do practice pieces, maquettes, or studies to master technique and the materials used for that are seen as a kind of tuition, not "waste".

I know fabric is expensive but my gut feeling is that the dread of waste (which is kind of behind the selvedge quilt idea, use very last bit) often stifles creativity. I love to just play with improv blocks and that creates blocks that go in to an orphan block drawer...they get used eventually, sometimes in the most surprising projects.

A little off topic but the post reminded me of this waste vs. retirement budget discussion that has stuck with me all these years...

Synnove

When I trim them off yardage I cut wide so that they are at the edge of a 1 or 1.5 inch strip. Then I use those strips for string pieceing.

WesternWilson

That is a good idea. I took a Freddy/Gwenny class years ago where we were asked to come to class with lots of parts made...their Parts Department idea. One of the parts was 3x3 grids, or 4x4 grids, and you sewed either 1" strips into sets to get those, or 1 1/2" strips. I began cutting a 1' strip and a 1 1/2" strip off every fabric I bought, and storing them in their own drawers. I can make strip sets from those collections any time I want to sew and not think too hard...