pattern suggestions please
I have a Kansas Troubles flannel fat eighth bundle that I want to use. I've only used flannel once before and it was difficult even with starching to keep it from stretching.
I am looking for a pattern that doesn't have small pieces. Thank you |
check 0ut maple island for quilt patterns
I use flannel a lot and don`t have a problem with it stretching if you get good quality from quilt shop you won`t have trouble luv your avatar Gale |
Thank you grma22. I'll check out maple island.
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I did a search on Google. See if there is anything that catches your eye.
https://www.google.com/search?q=simp...IVRtVjCh2iTQcH I would certainly look more towards a scrappy pattern especially if you are using a fat eight bundle: https://www.google.com/search?q=simp...l++fat+eighths |
I use flannel for rag quilts. I just finished 3 of them. I now have to get to the laundromat to wash/dry them. I didn't have trouble with stretching, but I sewed and "x" in the middle of each square prior to putting them together in the quilt.
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i used flannal for d9p quilts for grand daughters two years ago and for two row scrappy quilts i made them last year. no atretching. just sew carefully, flannel worksup dofferently than quilters cotton fabrics or batik
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Depends on how many you have.
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Have never used flannel, must try it some day as it is languishing in my stash. Love your avatar. Good luck with your pattern hunt.
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I did a modified log cabin lap quilt with flannel--did wash a few (black, red) as they did not pass my "color fast test" of rubbing a scrap of white paper on it and checking for any color.
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I usually prewash flannel because mine is rarely from a single mfr and therefore likely to have differing rates of shrinkage. If it is from a single mfr then that might not be an issue. I've not noticed stretching to be a problem with flannel - maybe because of the prewashing???
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