AZNance

A friend gave me a bag of Crown Royal bags to play with, so I made this lap throw (39" x 49") and a 15" square pillow. I used a mottled gold/beige fabric on the backs. After they were finished, I washed them...and discovered two things. The purple from the bags bleeds a lot, and little fuzzies from the bags migrated to the flannel back of the quilt. I had lots of purple fuzz balls on the gold fabric, as well as blotchy purple spots. After several washings with dye catchers, and a session with an electric fuzz remover, it's finally done! I earned some "patience points" on this quilt.

If I make another one, I'll use a regular quilting cotton (non flannel) of a dark color on the back of the quilt. Hopefully, that will eliminate the bleeding and defuzzing process!

QuiltnNan

nicely done. the pillow is striking. thanks for the heads up on the bleeding bags

GrammaNan

My son would love this quilt. It turned out really nice. I am glad that you didn't give up on it.

Mariposa

Nice job on these. A patience project definitely!

Tartan

​It looks great! Good to know they bleed and you made a nice save.

gabeway

Looks great!

#1piecemaker

Nice!!! You did a great job!

Billi

What a great idea, and yes you get extra patient points for that one. I may have left the ffuzzier and called the a design choice.

joyce888

Very nice. I love those bags too

joyful1

Great use of those bags. I made one for my step son. It was fun designing it! He was so excited to get it!