need help with rag flannel quilt
#12
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I've made two kinds of flannel rag quilts. One is with BATTING in the middle of each block (cut smaller than each layer of flannel), after sewing together I had to X each square and then rag all the edges too. The other rag quilt has 3 layers of flannel ALL the same size. I have used the second method a number of times, because I didn't have to cut different sizes of flannel and then batting (I didn't have to think about what I was cutting, or what I was putting together - I'm old so I need to save my brain for math with HST - lol). Both methods work great, I think it is just a personal choice or what you learned. Good luck
#13
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You can have three layers of flannel or two layers of flannel with batting inside. I always make my batting 1 1/2" smaller than my flannel squares and then center the batting between the two layers of flannel or cotton.
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#15
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Want yet another opinion? I make 3 layers of flannel, all the same size - sometimes I mix in corduroy for top or bottom - and then sew together without batting (the center layer of flannel takes its place). You don't have to quilt X's through the squares, you don't have to be sure the batting is just in the center and not coming out to the edges. Also you get 3 layers to rag, which gives more fluff for the ragging.
#16
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Want yet another opinion? I make 3 layers of flannel, all the same size - sometimes I mix in corduroy for top or bottom - and then sew together without batting (the center layer of flannel takes its place). You don't have to quilt X's through the squares, you don't have to be sure the batting is just in the center and not coming out to the edges. Also you get 3 layers to rag, which gives more fluff for the ragging.
#17
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I've made about 35 raggy quilts. One with batting between two layers of flannel, about 25 with three layers of flannel, 5 with two layers of woven cotton with a layer of flannel in the middle, and a few with a mixture of flannel and woven cotton on the outer layers and flannel in the middle layer. My favorite? Two layers of woven cotton with flannel in the middle layer. But all come out fine.
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