Rag Quilt Tutorial
#22
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grass Lake, MI and Bradenton, FL
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My husband and I have made 24 raggy quilts in just over a year. We've tried different things with each, and personalized them with machine embroidery. We've made one for each member of the family and have run out of people to make them for. Now we feel kind of lost. I'll try to post pictures of some of them in a few days.
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Great tip about cleaning out the lint trap every ten minutes. If you have made a rag quilt, you will be SHOCKED at the amount of lint | strings that accumulates during the drying process.
Originally Posted by Kathy9052
I've made a couple of these - great fun! Homespun fabrics make a great country-looking quilt. A couple of tips that I can provide. First, stay away from firmly woven fabrics because they won't give you that frayed look. Second, when you are wash and dry the quilt, there's a lot of loose threads. Usually the lint trap of the dryer needs to be cleaned out about every 10 minutes. The more you wash the quilt, the better it looks. When giving the quilt as a gift, include one of those sticky lint rollers so the recipient can clean the threads off of the quilt after washing it. One final tip. When someone admires the quilt that you made and wants you to make one for them, make sure that you ask what size they want before agreeing to do it. I agreed to make one for my niece, then she told me that she wanted a king-size one! Holy Toledo! That was a big quilt!
#24
Originally Posted by chamby
Originally Posted by SEW
Can you use flannel as the backer so your rag quilt is only 2 layers? or do you use it as batting?
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: St. Charles, Illinois
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Originally Posted by SEW
Can you use flannel as the backer so your rag quilt is only 2 layers? or do you use it as batting?
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