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nursie76 01-25-2010 04:50 PM

Oh Chasing Hawk! What an awesome quilt!

sharon b 01-25-2010 05:24 PM

Love the butterfly flannel quilt :thumbup: Is that from a pattern ?

Chasing Hawk 01-25-2010 06:29 PM

Yes it is, Sharon..

check your PM

kimbie 01-25-2010 06:39 PM

I don't pre-wash for rag quilts, but I would if part of it was already.

Definitely take it to the laundromat the first time. Might even the 2nd time. It cost my friend $80 to get her washing machine fixed when she washed a denim rag quilt at home the first time.

I'm new on this group. When someone asks for a pattern reference, is it not to be posted for everyone?

sharon b 01-25-2010 09:51 PM


Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Yes it is, Sharon..

check your PM

THANKS !

Shorebird 01-26-2010 04:37 AM


Originally Posted by sharon b
When I make my rag quilts I DO NOT prewash anything . And I sew with a single straight stitch for the seams :lol:

Since she is using flannel, with its propensity for shrinkage (big time), wouldn't you wash it once to get most of shrinkage before it was sewn, and then wash again to rag the quilt?

jabs317 01-26-2010 04:39 AM

Don't wash first

sharon b 01-26-2010 01:45 PM

Not if you want it to rag really well, you don't want to wash it first. But since some of hers had already been washed the shrinkage could become an issue later.

Baywatch quilter 01-26-2010 04:54 PM

I made just one.... and I did not wash my fabric... the whole idea is that is will shrink and ravel... ravel...ravel.

King's Daughter 01-27-2010 07:35 AM


Originally Posted by sharon-edith
What would you do if some of your flannel has been prewashed and others not? Do you think it matters or should I wash my unwashed!?

I made my first flannel raggy quilt a few months ago, and some of the flannel was new and unwashed, while some I had in my stash and had already washed it. It turned out fine, very cute, with no apparent differences in shrinking or raveling.


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