Hi, I just sent a picture of my first rag quilt. I cut these 7"..all layers
are 7". I used a med weight flannel , for the middle layer, that I found at walmart.(amoung all the flowers where they should have bolts) There was no need to sew an x on each square. this was great for me as I like to speed through most of my projects. I've washed it twice and it looks great. I do advise to doube stitch at each joining seam ,only, Just for extra precaution. I cut my 7" square from a file folder as my pattern. After cutting all the top and bottom layers, the square was a little smaller, I then cut the flannel with it and it worked out great, not to much excess with the flannel.