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thequiltmama 01-28-2011 12:29 PM

I have found some really cute flannel but I don't usually work with flannel. Does anyone still use it? And for what?

sandyo 01-28-2011 12:31 PM

I love making kids quilts from flannel. It is real cozy

ckcowl 01-28-2011 12:40 PM

omg!!! i love working with flannel! makes the most fluffy, soft, cuddly quilts out there!

nycquilter 01-28-2011 12:42 PM

I LOVE flannel. I back most of my quilts with it because it gets softer and softer and more cuddly with every use. Nothing is a cozy, to me, as flannel.

lllog 01-28-2011 01:03 PM

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I really like flannel fabric, particularly the varigated ones. The example below is a simple throw using a varigated red on front and back and a black in the middle.

Lanny

Pam B 01-28-2011 01:06 PM

I love it for raggy quilts.

Annaquilts 01-28-2011 01:06 PM

Well another opinion. I do not like working with flannel. It causes a lot of lint in my machine, wears much faster then normal good quilter's quality cotton and after 5 or so washes feels hard and has little balls on it. I make an effort to buy Marcus Brothers flannel or other good flannel. Only some solids and checks was up nice and soft over time most others seem to get rough.

bakermom 01-28-2011 01:14 PM

I use it alot for quilts, rag and pieced. I think it makes a warm cozy quilt. you do get lint from it, but i clean out my bobbin area when i replace the bobbin so it's not really an issue for me.

thequiltmama 01-28-2011 01:16 PM

See that is what I had heard before, so that is also why I have avoided it to. :-)

Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Well another opinion. I do not like working with flannel. It causes a lot of lint in my machine, wears much faster then normal good quilter's quality cotton and after 5 or so washes feels hard and has little balls on it. I make an effort to buy Marcus Brothers flannel or other good flannel. Only some solids and checks was up nice and soft over time most others seem to get rough.


LivelyLady 01-28-2011 01:17 PM

I love working with flannel. Great for baby quilts, rag quilts, or any kind of quilt.


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