memepat

Hi, I hope someone can help, about 25 years ago I made my daughter a flannel quilt. I can't remember the quilt name but I do remember some things I did when making it. I think I used 3 or 4 different flannel fabrics. You put them together sewing diagonally over the quilt ever 2 or 3 inches and then cut between theses stitches. The things I remember for sure are the blisters from cutting the layers of flannel, burning out the motors of 2 pairs of electric scissors and how I vowed I would never do another one. This has been my daughters favorite quilt and has been like a security blanket for her. She wants a new one of course. Lol. Hope someone can help with the deminsions and directions. Thanks for your help.

Jan in VA

Chenille is the name for what you did; very popular in the late 1990s and after 2000.
Olfa finally made a special cutter for these. (NOW you know! )
https://www.google.com/search?site=i...30.8LB84iZNGbk

Jan in VA

PaperPrincess

Here's instructions:
http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tu...e-blanket.html
When my sister was doing these, she purchased a kit of narrow plastic strips. They were basically strips of cutting mat material. You inserted the strip into the channel & used your regular rotary cutter & ruler.

Charming

Is this different than rag quilts?

0tis

Yes, its a chenille quilt - basically the directions are just as you described - sew three layers of flannel on the back of your quilt top - then sew diagonal lines about an inch or so apart along the whole quilt - then snip the layers on the back of the quilt - after washing the fuzzy soft back emerges.

Jan in VA

Faten,
The principle is quite similar, but the look is a bit different. Did you happen to click on the link in my previous response? That's a series of google images of chenille quilts.

Jan in VA

Ariannaquilts

Not exactly the way I did mine, I used homespun fabrics layered sewed the channels sliced in between them but this was my top not back.

memepat

Thanks so much for everyone's help. Does anyone know the name of the tool used to cut through the flannel. I think that will be a must have. Thanks again for the help.

willferg

On the blog Jan posted the writer says it gets tedious doing the cutting. Would you say it's *as* tedious as snipping a rag quilt, or more or less tedious? Just want to know what I'd be letting myself in for

Cass62

Now I understand how this thing is supposed to work!

http://www.amazon.com/Olfa-CHN1-Chen.../dp/B001CE5DN2