When you make a rag quilt, it goes by fast, until you get to the dreaded part. THE CLIPPING!!!!!!! What a time consuming pain, my hands were all cramped. I had to keep stopping to stretch my hands out. When you wash them, make sure to get all the threading out of your washing machine and then put your machine on HOT WATER to get out strings you don't see. When you put it into the dryer, make sure you clean out the lint tray. And I am not kidding you, MAKE SURE TO SHAKE IT OUTSIDE TO GET THREADS OUT. I have maroon carpeting in my family room and when I shook the quilt in there, we had snow in the room. I was covered with it. My husband looked at me and got hysterical. That was my first rag quilt, so I was not thinking. I was so excited to finish it, lol. I made 4 more after that, 1 for each of my 3 daughters and a close friend. I WOULD FOR SURE get those clippers that someone posted, believe it or not they were a big help. I would NEVER make another rag quilt, that's just me, lol.