I’ve been saving my selvedges for a while, after seeing other people’s cute projects. I’ve used them to make several cute pouches, but took the time to photograph just these two.
I like the bead zipper pull, with it’s complicated painting.
That little hump-dee-do along the zipper is because I didn’t swap out my regular sewing foot for a zipper foot, and just forced it through. Lesson learned.
I haven’t found a zipper pull appropriate for this one, yet.
That hand-sewing at the top edge stops the lining from riding up and catching in the zipper. Cute, and serves a purpose! Don’t you hate it when you wreck something because the zipper caught the fabric and ripped it?
Selvedges are printed with the designer and manufacturer, and sometimes the fabric line’s name. The below one, “It’s a Jungle Out there,” I thought sounded like wise words.
While the below one added a cute saying. (That’s from a fabric line by Bonnie & Camille. Makes me wonder if I should look harder at all their other fabric lines.) I hope whoever I give this bag to notices the words, without me pointing it out. 🙂
I’m working on a twin-sized quilt, it’s pieced but now needs the quilting. I’m think mermaid scale pattern, so the arches work with/against the squares. I imagine this will be a year-long endeavor!
Sandra Spencer 
Aside from something unique, I think just a couple round beads in green and pink would highlight the dominate colors in the bag. I like the way the white really makes the red squares pop in the quilt.