Grrrrr- I m making a flannel rag quilt. with both sides the same pattern with batting in between. Each time I sew a square together, I am ending up with normal seams, not open seams. I have tried right sides facing out-still no fix. Since I really don't have a wrong side to sew together any ideas? I am tearing out my gray hair(s) one by one. Can't be this difficult, but as a beginner it seems impossible. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
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what do you mean about open seams? what size seam allowance are you using?
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i am not sure i am understanding,
but here is what i do, the batting is smaller than the outside fabric.about 2 inches smaller..that will give you 1 inch on each side to "rag". can you post a picture? |
How are you sewing them? I sew mine with an X across first and then sew them together. Here are some tutorials that might help:
http://ajpadilla.com/tutorials/rag-quilt http://www.knitandtonic.typepad.com/SimpleRagQuilt.pdf I used this one for my first raq quilt. http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpa.../rag_quilt.htm This is one I used for a swap. Kids love it! http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.co...-tutorial.html |
Originally Posted by quiltlaker
Grrrrr- I m making a flannel rag quilt. with both sides the same pattern with batting in between. Each time I sew a square together, I am ending up with normal seams, not open seams. I have tried right sides facing out-still no fix. Since I really don't have a wrong side to sew together any ideas? I am tearing out my gray hair(s) one by one. Can't be this difficult, but as a beginner it seems impossible. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Thanks http://www.craftsofchaddsford.com/makeragquilt.htm i have also used a third flannel in the center, instead of batting. |
You will only have seams "out" on one side of the quilt. You sew the squares wrong sides together, using a 1/2" seam. All the seams should be on the front of the quilt.....hope this helps...
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Originally Posted by Kellie G
You will only have seams "out" on one side of the quilt. You sew the squares wrong sides together, using a 1/2" seam. All the seams should be on the front of the quilt.....hope this helps...
wrong sides together? |
The way I understand it, you lay all 4 layers of the flannel on top of each other and then sew a generous seam allowance through those layers. If you use batting, the batting must be smaller than the squares and it will be captured when you sew the squares together. All 4 seam allowances will be on one side and you nip into the seam allowance to allow fraying.
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Originally Posted by watterstide
Originally Posted by Kellie G
You will only have seams "out" on one side of the quilt. You sew the squares wrong sides together, using a 1/2" seam. All the seams should be on the front of the quilt.....hope this helps...
wrong sides together? |
I can't quite figure out what you are doing, so I searched on Youtube for a video that might help you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-LQfYXrG_Q There are other videos on Youtube also, if this isn't the technique you are using. |
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