Hello from Indiana!
 

Hi My name is Bonnie, I am 26 years old and a mother of three. I am staying home for now. I am trying to get started quilting because it has always fascinated me! I love to do crafts and I am hoping I will love quilting also!

Hello Bonnie!
Welcome from Minnesota!
Glad you've joined us! :)
You'll learn and share lots here!!

A warm welcome from North Central Washington!! I am a fairly new quilter myself and has gotten a lot of good info from this board.

Thank you so much! I have already seen alot of very helpful tutorials here. I do have a question though, is it ok to use flannel as the batting? if not why?

Hi Bonnie, welcome from NE Ohio.

Welcome from Minnesota and happy quilting :)

Welcome from a fellow Hoosier, Parke County to be exact. You'll like it here.

Welcome to the QB!!! You will absolutely enjoy yourself now that you are learning to quilt.

Hello from PA. First thing to do is learn how to post pictures so we can all see your projects and cheer you on! And with three little ones your task is to find the time! Have fun

Flannel, I never thought about it.

Are you hand quilting or machine ? It would make a very thin, almost summer weight quilt. I don't know why not. Anything you can think of to do is okay. Try experimenting with a small sample sandwich 12" square top piece, flannel and backing piece. Quilt some lines on it either by hand or machine and see if you like it! I do samples like this for every thing I want to try and it gives me a good indication if it will work or not. It is all an expiriment!

peace

Howdy and welcome, from Texas!

Welcome and Wash!!! The flannel that is - wash and dry it - maybe even more than once as it shrinks really bad.

HTH - Nikki in MO

Hello Bonnie, welcome from northern California! You will enjoy it here, lots of help available and lots of friendly people.

Hello Bonnie, welcome from Oklahoma!!!

welcome, from Texas

Hi from Ohio!

:) welcome from se TX

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Welcome from S.E. Indiana.

Welcome from the California desert.:thumbup:

Bonnie, I think flannel is a wonderful weight batting for a summer quilt. As already suggested, be sure to prewash and dry; flannel shrinks like crazy.

Thank you so much! I am currently working on a mini quilt it was supposed to be 16" square but i did mess it up a little so it is turning out to be 14" square and I am trying the flannel which so far feels good. I am currently trying to put my threads in, which I think means the actual quilting part.

Hi Bonnie! Welcome to the board. I'm new here myself and I can't get over how friendly everyone is. Have a blast!

Hello Bonnie, and welcome to the Board from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I used flannel on the back of a quilt I make for a co-worker's husband; it find maybe because it was just a lap quilt.