Sir Snips’ Daily Snippet 🦝🪡
Selvage has left the quilt.
The factory-finished selvage is woven more tightly than the rest of your fabric. It can be harder to sew through and may shrink differently, causing puckered or distorted seams. Trim that narrow edge away before cutting ordinary patchwork pieces or piecing your quilt backing.
Save the strips for a separate selvage project if you like—but keep them out of regular seams.
The factory edge may be finished, darling. It is still not invited to the quilt top. 😉
Do you save your selvage strips—or send them straight to the scrap bin?
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Published November 4, 2026.