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    Old 04-09-2009, 05:31 PM
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    Thank you for your welcome. I am really enjoying myself, everyone seems so helpful and friendly. :D
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    Old 04-10-2009, 02:40 AM
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    Welcome, sidmona. I use unbleached flannel as a backing for bedquilts and I hand quilt - it's lovely to work with! I absolutely agree though that you MUST pre-wash because it can shrink a lot! Ironing yards of flannel is not the most fun job in the world :? but if you have a tumble dryer, another lady on her - Pam - recently posted that a quick whizz through the dryer gets the creases out. Can't try it myself - no dryer!

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    Old 04-15-2009, 09:11 AM
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    Love making flannel rag quilts!
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    Old 04-15-2009, 10:48 AM
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    I am quilting my flannel baby quilts now. They are quilting like a dream. Maybe a little more give than cotton but not bad at all.
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    Old 04-15-2009, 10:54 AM
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    Flannel is very forgiving if your seams are not quite meeting, but definitely prewash all the flannel. It will shrink quite a bit. The pattern you picked is a good one---if you ever want to do a flannel quilt with triangles though, be very careful as it will stretch.
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    Old 04-16-2009, 03:09 AM
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    I have plaid flannels waiting tobe turned into a quilt. Somewhere I read (on the Internet) to use 1/2 inch seams for flannel. What do you think?
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