I know I made mine with flannel and it did really well.
A friend had given me the quilt snips for rag quilts and it was so much better than just using my scissors.
I also took the finished quilt to the laundromat ... got it wet ... and put it in the large dryer without any heat. Funny: a little Vietnamese woman saw it in the dryer and kept saying "is broken" as I kept pulling out the lint/threads. when I finally got it where I wanted it I actually dried it and showed it to her. She loved the quilt.
I'd never use my own drier. I don't want to hurt it with all the lint/threads. The laundromat is perfect for this.
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