Hi Jane. Welcome to the gang. We're glad to have you. I live on the South Plains of Texas. Not too hot here...great football weather. I have done a rag quilt I bound, but I didn't like that as much as clipping the outside edges and letting them "rag" out too. I just sewed all the way around the edge the same distance in as my seam allowances between the squares and then clipped pretty close to the stitching. I've made 5 rag quilts: 3 flannel and 2 homespun. I clipped the edges on all but that one.