Rann

Flannel is like computers--it has a mind of its own.

catray

Only use flannel for back of baby quilts. To difficult to work with. Like everyone says has a mind of it's own. And if I have to use it will only buy heavy type. Not the thin because it can cause alot of trouble.

MrsWiggs

Have u tried homemade sizing?

1Tbs. Elmer's School Glue
3 C. Warm Water
Mix well put in spray bottle

This probably should be washed out after completing the quilt.

msquiltalot

I use very light weight fusible interfacing. It pieced beautifully and was not to hard to quilt. Also, no steam when ironing.

QandE2010

Excellent idea, msquiltalot.
Alma

Gramof6

Years ago I made many flannel quilts for Christmas and remember them being a little diff. to work with. But I did succeed. Think I used a lot of starch. I have just gotten 7 diff prints of flannels ironed and 3 of them was so hard to get the wrinkles out, I thought I would have to rent a jackhammer. I am cutting the Tumber shape with my Accucut and dread piecing them. LOL Will let ya know tomorrow how it goes. Those do have biases to deal with. *sigh*

desertrose

I also had problems with JoAnn's flannel shrinking excessively. Mine shrunk 6" and made a mess out of a garments lining because it required piecing the lining and now the garment isn't really reversible anymore. Be careful with fraying seams and if any are fraying be sure to use fray check to stop this from happening. I no longer buy my flannel from JoAnn's any longer and haven't had excess shrinking or any fraying since.

2manyhobbies

I bought a very 'dense' flannel and never even considered stretching because it was my first queen sized quilt, and only my third overall. I decided the pattern was boring so I did flannel applique on each square. Then backed the quilt with....more very dense flannel. Needless to say, the quilt turned out to be very HEAVY. I could put poles under it and use it as a tent. My husband says he likes it. Smart man. It is kind of pretty, though, and we'd do have cold winters in Wisconsin.