I just made a "rag quilt" for my grandson. They are moving to MN from Louisiana and will need warm quilts. To make it I used 12 inch squares of flannel and a 10 inch sq of batting. You sandwich the sq of batting between the two of flannel and sew a X from corner to corner, then stitch about 70 of those sandwiches together for the quilt. I used a half inch seam, and then you clip the seam allowances so that they fray. I'm sure there are a lot of tutes on this site that can give you better instructions if you are interested. While that may not sound very feminine, there are a lot of beautiful floral and marbled flannels out there.
My first rag quilt for DGS
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