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    Old 12-16-2014, 07:22 AM
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    I want to whip up a rag quilt as a lap quilt for the sofa (I have an irresistible urge to work with flannel today), and I went to my flannel stash and I think I have enough. I've only made blocks at 5" in the past, but that's quite small. I'm wondering how large is reasonable size for the blocks of a rag quilt? I'm thinking 8" or 10. Any thoughts from those of you who have made rag quilts?
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    Old 12-16-2014, 07:24 AM
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    I have seen many at 10 inches. Just depends on how you want it to look.
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    I have used various sized blocks. 8 inches was the largest, but only because I was using old jeans for the back and that was the best size for getting the most usable fabric from the jeans.

    My personal preference is to not use batting. With denim it is heavy enough with one layer of denim and one of flannel. With all flannel, I like to use a coordinating solid flannel in the middle. You get fluffier edges and you do not have the X the centre of each block.

    I just realized I did do one 10 or maybe 12 inch block one. It was someone else's UFO. Every other block was a 4 patch.
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    Great idea, Tothill. I will do that. Thank you.
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    I did one with 8" cut flannel squares. Just depends on the look you want. You won't have as much of the curling flannel with a larger square. I would certainly make sure on that size to stitch thru the center of the square. I am amazed at the creativity of what you can do in addition to just a square anymore.
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    Why do you not have the x in the center of each block?
    Originally Posted by Tothill
    I have used various sized blocks. 8 inches was the largest, but only because I was using old jeans for the back and that was the best size for getting the most usable fabric from the jeans.

    My personal preference is to not use batting. With denim it is heavy enough with one layer of denim and one of flannel. With all flannel, I like to use a coordinating solid flannel in the middle. You get fluffier edges and you do not have the X the centre of each block.

    I just realized I did do one 10 or maybe 12 inch block one. It was someone else's UFO. Every other block was a 4 patch.
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    Originally Posted by sewingsuz
    Why do you not have the x in the center of each block?
    Do you the plain flannel in the middle to replace batting? I guess I don't understand. Sorry
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    I just cut up some flannel in 10" squares for a rag quilt, I normally make smaller squares or do strips. Figure I will do an X on them so they dont shift too much. I just use another flannel for the batting, so end up with 3 layers of flannel, I like that better than trying to do a regular batting.
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    I cut mine 6" x 9" and make a brick type layout. The odd rows start with a full block, and the even rows start with a half block.
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    My last one I cut 11" squares, 10" batting; blocks finished @ 10" I wanted the quilt to be 50" X 70". Came out great. I did X my squares to hold the batting-- if you do not use batting you do not have to do the X. It keeps the batting from shifting, separating
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