From the Archives of Sewtopia, Flannel Quilts

When moving things around on the blog I realized that I had 2946 prior posts! Can you imagine? How did that happen? 10 years, that's how it happened.

10 years ago I was charmed by cozy flannel quilts I saw at a Quilters Guild show. The first one I saw was a baby-quilt sized piece, in pinks, blues, yellows. I still have it. It was my experiment, the practice piece.

On April 5, 2011, This post was the topic.
Another quilt show find this bundle is a heavyweight, velvet-textured flannel. Yes, flannel. The hand is divine, the colors are saturated and the prints are beautiful. I plan another rag-edge quilt for this.   The display in the vendor's booth featured essentially the same pattern as the one I made before. 

selvage information

the assortment

cutters, rag edge

Just look at these stunning prints. Each one is special on its own, but as a group, they really compliment each other. I saw another rag-edge quilt made with 5-inch squares that were stitched through each square with an X. I have to think on this a bit. I really am learning to the rectangle-shaped block arranged in the offset pattern. Then again, I could alternate the rectangles and squares like a Flemish bond bricklayers pattern.

After joining the blocks all those little seams have to be cut to form the fringe. I totally ruined a pair of scissors doing that on the first one so I bit the bullet and bought a pair of these heavy-duty cutters, one would think I am going to prune fruit trees! I was assured by the seller that these will do the job.  So, in between 29 other on-going projects, I will fit this one in. Stay tuned:)

first rag-edge quilt

• The quilt I made from those beautiful flannel squares was a gift, I never took a photo! The recipient was very grateful and used the quilt over and over. 
• I have another stash of flannel, in blues and yellow's I think. Mmmm, I need to find that!
• So many things in the archives, I think I will share some of these again!