Prism99

At home. I washed and dried it twice. It shrank *a lot*!!!

Pat P

Hey Prism99 would I want to do that starch thingy if I were doing a rag quilt. Dumb question?

Joanie Owen

Have you heard about the easy way to make a pinwheel? Take a light and dark 6 inch sq. facing each other. Sew all around the outside 4 sides. Cut the each way on the diagonal. You end up with 4 1/2 sq triangles. set them up dark light dark light. Bingo a pinwheel.

Tropical

I read about that method here and went to the site included in the post and made a sample pinwheel step by step with the tutorial (had to rewind it a few times) and it was so easy. I get so much help here. :) :) :)

Prism99

It's not a dumb question!

I haven't made a rag quilt yet, so I'm not sure. From what I've read, people usually do not pre-wash flannel for a rag quilt and in that case you also would not use starch. The starch is really helpful when you are piecing a quilt out of flannel; keeps the edges from distorting and allows for very precise piecing. With rag quilts, you don't have the need for precision piecing so starching could be over-kill.