Using spring handle scissors will make the clipping go much faster and easier on your hands. It can be very tiring to clip a rag quilt, but they are so cuddly! Enjoy and be sure to show us a picture. I have finished mine in my home washer and dryer, but I clean out the lint trap many times during the dry cycle. Also I always prewash the flannel. It does not keep it from ragging, but it does eliminate some of the lint later on, and it shrinks the flannel before it's in the quilt and lets you know if the flannel is going to pill.