The second prompt for Dephemerember 2023 was “Salvaged Birds.”
As a quilter, I have plenty of fabric selvages (the bound edge on fabric when you buy it by the yard) lying around and the word salvage made me think of selvage. I wound up making a purple collage of fabric selvages then adding yellow bird photos for contrasting focal points.
While I did cover the backs with paper, I realized that all the sewing will make them too lumpy to write on the back, so I will be using them as pockets or tuck spots. Or possibly notebook covers. Something like that.
Another very simple approach, but I love the results.
Do selvages count as salvage?
That looks like fun, putting different things together.
It is! I love sewing on paper… It’s an odd thing to do but I trust it more than glue, so I do it whenever I can.
Selvedge definitely counts! Those look lovely, and it’s an interesting response to the prompt.
Thanks! I love the results and will do more with them.