Originally Posted by
teacherbailey
Had a bad experience the one time I tried flannel....it was awful to sew, and shrunk terribly even though I bought quilt shop quality flannel! I love the rag look though, and I'm trying to get up the courage to try again. Note to self: prewash, dry and iron before cutting next time!
I might not wash all fabric but always wash flannel. Now when I'm making a rag quilt and I'm using all flannel (no other fabric besides batting) I don't wash it first. Flannel is known for shrinking. I love making the rag quilt, I have the square cutter and never knew there was a circle one; thank you so much for sharing this. Its great. I would never do one where I had to snip by hand.