Originally Posted by
quilt1950
Can you really make quilts from wool fabric? This might help ease my guilty conscience! Years ago (like 25-30 years) I bought really nice wool to make suits for myself. Well, the suits never got made, I don't need them anymore, and the fabric sits in my cedar chest.
I did a search on this site on "wool", and it looks like I should wash and dry the wool, and then just quilt away. Is that correct? Use whatever batting and whatever backing?
I didn't find any pictures of wool quilts in my search. Can someone post one? I have at least 5 fabrics, which don't really coordinate (one brown, one green, one blue, etc), and I can't see a finished quilt in my mind's eye.
What are the attributes of a quilt made with wool. I'm thinking it would be a lap-size, used for warmth while watching TV, vs. a quilt used on a bed.
Thanks!
Five different quilts leads to a "turning twenty" or 10 minute block or a D9P, or just as plain 9 patch.
Perhaps purchase one more close to solid colored piece and make a snowball block, the the corner patches pulling the pieces together.
If you hand wash, be very careful not to cause the fabric to felt.
Or quilt away then take finished quilt to a dry cleaners
Find a pattern that makes you happy. The wool doesn't care how you put it together.