My first rag quilt...don't know if I'll do another
 

Everyone says that rag quilts are fast & easy...I'm not so sure...my first one was even made with strips...but Oh, how I struggled. It's fully reversible and directional so that was where I had to sew and rip and sew and rip. Then snipping the seams was not fun...I'd bought a pair of spring-loaded snippers which definitely helped but I bought a cheaper pair and paid for it after snipping about a third of the quilt and having to "reset" the snippers after every few cuts...if I ever do another rag quilt, I'm buying a higher quality pair. Also, no one had ever prepared me for just how much lint would be produced in that first wash...Wow!. With all that said and done, I am pleased with how it turned out and gifted it to my mother-in-law for Christmas. Hope you all enjoy seeing it and have more fun making rag quilts than I did.

Despite all the problems it turned out great and will be super snuggly come the holidays!

Question, what brand of spring loaded snipers did you have? I've been looking at getting a pair so it would help me decide which ones.

nicely done

I love it!

I actually bought my snipping shears at Lowe's. To find them at Lowe's go to the garden section that has the hand tools. Usually just inside when coming in from the outdoor garden area.



Here is a page from Amazon to give you an idea of what to look for.
I think the price at Lowe's is comparable to Amazon's.

https://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-Easy-...QARX93HVDM9AQ5

great looking, but I agree with you about the bother.

I think it looks great. my scissors are Fiscar. Love that brand.

I've made several rag quilts and slit the seams while watching TV in the evening

I also have Fiskar's snip scissors. I have an old pair that has bent in the middle so only the tips actually cut. I use them to snip threads when sewing. Only problem is sometimes they stick closed. Usually I remember to open the handles when I set them down. I forgot one time and while I was sewing the next seam, they let loose and I had flying scissors. Startled the heck out of me.

Besides being so difficult-I think it is gorgeous and you did a great job on it. Lucky Mother-In-Law.

really love your quilt

Your quilt is very pretty. (I am very partial to Christmas fabrics.)
But I had to giggle over your struggle, because I had a similar reaction to the twister quilts. People raved about how easy it was. Luckily I had watched Jenny Doan's tutorial and she said how she had a bit of a problem remembering the order too I would have thought I was a total failure. My friend and I decided to make the Christmas tree version, once we started cutting it out and sewing it back together we were going nuts. I finally finished it - but there was a lot of ripping and resewing along the way.
So glad you persevered and completed your quilt, it is very pretty.

very nice!!!!

nice work

Yours is one of the prettiest rag quilts I've ever seen! Love that you used the Christmas fabric and went with a row by row design rather than blocks. Looks soft and cozy!

It's so pretty!! I've never seen one done in strips. Very cool. I've made 21 raggeds now--but all with squares. I don't have snipping scissors--just use regular ones. It is tough on the thumb. I have to wear a glove now.

Wow, that a lot of rag quilts. I made 2, and bought the special before I started the 2nd. It's too hard on the hands not to! I have a rollup of 6" wide flannel, perhaps I will try doing one with strips instead of squares.

It turned out lovely and I bet your MIL loved it! I really appreciate all you have shared, I have bought some flannel but Have not started the quilt yet.

great job....there is a lot of lint for sure.

I have made several rag quilts also and I really like my Fons and Porter snippers. They are short, stubby things but do a great job and I don't recall any thumb fatigue. I bought them many years ago so I'm not sure if they even make those scissors any more.

I really like your quilt, never thought of doing rag rows!

It's very pretty! Sorry about problems! I know you MIL will enjoy it during the holidays! I bought fabric to make one but haven't started!

Lovely. I have yet to make one, even though I did purchase the scissors. Maybe I'll wait a little longer to start mine. I do hope it turns out as nice as yours. BrendaK

Very pretty holiday quilt. The fabric you chose worked out very nicely. But, you know what, most any quilt we make has challenges. They take different forms and challenges for one person are a breeze for someone else. But, each of us needs to work through the challenges to complete our quilt.

:D I've had that happen to me too! It was really quiet and all of a sudden, "boing" and right off the table!

Lacey Colbert of Quilts & Quilts designed several patterns using strips, both jelly rolls & using strips of different sizes. She's also created some chenille type quilts that I'd really like to try.

Thanks for the heads up...I have not done a rag quilt yet. Yours is very festive.

This is lovely, but I'm not a fan of either rag quilts or chenille quilts. Maybe that means that I really dislike LINT a LOT.

Your quilt is very pretty. My very first quilt was a rag quilt, and I encountered the same issues. It was a twin, and very heavy also. But, the 40's colors and prints were so sweet, and my GD loved it, so it made the effort worth it. I'd never attempt another one, but on the upside, it was my first quilting project, and I was hooked on the process.

I like your rag quilt. You did a fine job! There is A LOT of lint the first few times through the dryer-empty the lint trap every 5 minutes, then titrate it to every 10 minutes as needed. I love my fiscars rag quilt snips. Well worth the cost.

Wow that is really pretty ! And warm too

My late sister made rag quilts all the time....but only in squares. And she used a Fiskar brand of nippers...they have a much shorter blade.

It turned out great! My first two I made, I snipped by hand but then I splurged for a Go die for my Go cutter. So much easier but only made one since I bought the die. I really like them so someday I will make more of them

Very, very cute. My husband hates them. He has me take them to the laundromat because he's concerned about the lint.

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I love it love the strips vs. the blocks. it looks amazing

Although I have never done one in strips, I love doing rag quilts. Make them all the time as gifts