Rag Quilt Die
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That is why it is recommended that rag quilts first be washed in a commercial machine. Cutting first and then sewing with those edges floating around is going to cause lint earlier in the process. Nothing you can do about it when cutting the "rags" early. It is fast but messy.
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I cut the block together. One layer of backing fabric, then the batting square (cut with the 6 1/2 square die), the the top layer of the block. The block gets cut as one. Having the whole block together cuts way down on the lint. I use thin cotton batting that doesn't have a lot of lint. I like 80/20. I made a rag quilt using batik for the back and front and there was very little lint at all and the strips ragged just fine.
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When you cut the two pieces with the batting between in one cut, did you find it held together better? Twice when I've used rag blocks I cut on my Accuquilt, I found the blocks shifted when I stitched an x across them and when I sewed the blocks together, I wasn't always on the right side of the fringe. Yes, I pinned, but it still was a problem. I'm thinking (hoping?) cutting the blocks at one time will help...
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When you cut the two pieces with the batting between in one cut, did you find it held together better? Twice when I've used rag blocks I cut on my Accuquilt, I found the blocks shifted when I stitched an x across them and when I sewed the blocks together, I wasn't always on the right side of the fringe. Yes, I pinned, but it still was a problem. I'm thinking (hoping?) cutting the blocks at one time will help...
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