First Time Using Flannel
 

I have read all of the horror stories about flannel. Granddaughter has found a fabric on line for her quilt back. Low and behold, it is flannel. I decided, oh well, time to give it a try. The fabric is Timeless Treasures Flannel. We just received it today. I washed and dried twice. There was not as much lint in dryer as I had expected from posts from others. There was very litlle fraying and not much shrinkage. The flannel did not pill and is beautiful. I am anxioux to get working with it.:thumbup:

you should have not problems

I think you are good to go.

Baste well when you sandwich the quilt because flannel is stretchier than regular cotton. Have fun!

Don't believe all the horror stories! Flannel is my favorite fabric, and I love working with it. Enjoy!

That is good flannel. You should not have any problems. It makes for a heavy quilt though.

The only time I had trouble with flannel was when I used some cheap stuff and it shrank a lot – from 42" wof to about 38" – too much to use as a backing as I had intended. That was a bummer. Oh, and the cheaper stuff tends to pill. But the good quality flannel is wonderful to sew with!

There are a lot of different qualities of flannel. Sound to me like you got a good quality flannel and you shouldn't have any problems using it.

thanks for the heads up Margret I been putting off using flannel, and really want to do a rag quilt before the winter is over what site did you order from? thanks!

I ordered from Beverly Fabrics at bevelys.com. Their turn around was fast and the cuts were very generous. I had never ordered from them before, but this was the color and print that my grand daughter loved. I am loving it now too.

At the Beverlys stores, they will honor Joanns coupons up to 30% off. Makes it possible to get good quality fabric for a decent price!

I've read tons of the flannel posts--------------and have heard very few horror stories. There are things to avoid--------cheap flimsey fabric and washing/not washing-----------but what else? the same could be said for almost any type of weave/finish

Geeez......I guess a horror story is a matter of opinion.....Not being able to use a fabric do to shrinkage, pilling and bleeding makes it a horror story in my book...I do not like to throw money away

I did not know about the coupons. DO THEY ACCEPT THEM ONLINE?

I am too using flannel for the first time. It came from Fons and Porter and the line is called 'Woolies'. I washed and dried it and am very happy with it. All I've done is cut so far. I have to cut a gazillion HSTs and I'm not enjoying the process. Once that is finally done, I think I'll love sewing on it. It's so nice to cut -- like cutting through butter.

I don't know if they will accept Joann coupons online, but if you get on the Beverly's mailing list, they send out one that occasionally offers 25% off a cut of fabric, plus tells you what's on sale.

If you wash a fabric in HOT water a couple times the shrinking is over with. Cheap fabric pills, not just flannel. Flannels are NOT the only fabrics that bleed, batiks are bad at it, too. But you wash a few times and go on your way.

However, use what makes you happy. Flannel makes me happy.

I have never had any problem with flannel, I have used cheaper flannel and more pricey flannel. I do wash at least once.

i love backing quilts with flannel... so soft and warm..

I use flannel all the time and love it...If making a lapsize or larger I do buy it from a LQS, I find the quality is better.