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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:03 PM
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    Oh, I struggle with this one! I've seen several cute things made with the selvages in the mags and on here. So now I'm saving some of them but I shouldn't. I save way too many scraps and threads. You know I might want to make a dog bed and donate to a shelter! But I probably never will. I actually did use a piece of the selvage on the label for my DGD's quilt. So that's one 5 inch piece. Now I need to go watch a Hoarder's show, always makes me get rid of something:)
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:04 PM
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    Originally Posted by cmrenno
    I save mine but I use them to tie up my tomato plants. In fact I use them to tie up a lot of things.
    So selvages are like the baling twine of the quilting world! Haha ... I use hay bale twine for all that stuff. Hmm, wonder if I could use selvages to fix the fence in the back pasture?
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:09 PM
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    I have too much to keep up with so I toss mine.
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:10 PM
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    I started to save them after reading some of the threads on them. Now I am looking at them and asking myself if I really will use them. Probably not, guess they will go in the trash.
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:12 PM
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    I have been saving them for a board member. Just don't have enough to send away yet....think I may be a fabric hoarder. :oops:
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:14 PM
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    I have a small pail on top of a shelf that I throw mine in. when someone here asks for them, I send them off. How very green of me! :-)
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:16 PM
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    I use them for tying things, mostly garbage bags. Like them better than twist ties.
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:17 PM
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    Originally Posted by TanyaL
    If you were in Macy's and saw a purse or tote made from selvages, would you really buy it? And if you wouldn't buy it at Macy's, why spend the expensive time to make it?
    lol. Well said.
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:33 PM
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    Originally Posted by GiddyUpGo
    Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
    i don't have that many, but i do use some to tie a folded quilt when i give it as a gift.
    That's a good idea!
    Ditto :thumbup: :thumbup:
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    Old 09-26-2011, 03:34 PM
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    Mine get tossed. Usually they are only as wide as the latest strip anyway.
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