Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Day #56 - Binding DONE and a Rag Quilt!

Good morning friends in Cyberland!

I was able to finish stitching the special quilt (photos NEXT week!) while waiting for the softball game to start last night.  Congrats to the CV Girls Softball Team: 6-2 over Conant!  Let's hope the weather doesn't bump anymore games around...

I created a rag quilt for another special person in our world yesterday - rag quilts are so fun!



I went with a color choice (orange) and cut out 25 - 8" block of various fabrics.  Next, it was 25 blocks of flannel and 25 blocks of several greens.

1. I laid them out to find a sequence I liked, separating the ones I used several times.

2. Repeated with the greens.

Here are the greens I used and the flannel "batting".
3. Created "sandwiches" with all 3 layers and pinned them together.
4. Sewed "X's" on each one, by row, keeping the sequence together.  I used Eleanor Burns method - continuous stitching, all one way, then snipping and repeated going the opposite way to make the "X".

5. Sewed the sandwiches together making rows with a 1/2" seam.

6. Sewed the rows together, being careful to match seams.
7. Sewed around the outside of the entire quilt, at 1/2".
8. Snipped...and snipped... and snipped about 3/8" of the way in to each and every seam, 1/4" to 3/8" wide. (*NOTE: Scissors make ALL the difference in the world!  I've done this with just regular fabric scissors, NOT great for the hand!  USE ones with a spring!!!)

9. Tossed it in the wash.
10.  Cleaned out my filters...
11. Viola!!

It went together rather quickly, so I may find myself having to do another today!!!  Gotta love May and June birthdays and celebrations in our family!!

Have a wonderful day, all!
Carrie
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6 comments:

  1. Marsha ClarkMay 3, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Beautiful quilt !!!

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  2. Colleen GMay 3, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Beautiful rag quilts!

    Are the orange and green fabrics flannel too and did you prewash any of the fabric first?

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  3. UnknownMay 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Colleen - the only flannel is the batting. I washed it when I was done, for maximum fluff!

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  4. Colleen GMay 3, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Thanks Carrie, I was going to make a rag quilt for my Mom for Mother's Day, but I didn't have enough flannel. Now that I know you can successfully use cotton for the blocks and flannel for the batting I can't wait to do it. WhaHoo!!
    Thanks again,
    Colleen

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  5. UnknownMay 3, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    Awesome, Colleen! I just made another today (I was in a rush, is my DIL's birthday!!) with 10" blocks, made the same way. It's lovely! Can't wait to see yours!

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  6. DianaMay 11, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    And something even better than the spring ones are ones from Fons and Porter...little red handles. They cut like butter. I found mine at Joann's, they are just for clipping the rag quilts.

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