Since the beginning of time, quilt patterns have begun with the following phrase: "cut off selvages, and discard."

Now we know better.  We treasure and collect them, and fashion them into beautiful and fun new sewn items...

These woven ends of fabric bolts are printed with tantalizing information about the fabric: sometimes the designers name, or the company that produced it. Some of them have splashy color "windows", showing the dyes that were used. And some of them are more modest, and have nothing but the white strip.