2011

Rag Quilts are fun to make!  I liked this one so much I ended up making 3 of them.  One for Andrea Gardner, one for Mary Frazier and one to keep.  They are 3 layers thick – the bright Christmas fabrics, red flannel, and a white, red and green flannel print on the back.   The two layers of flannel make them extra cozy.   I had to wash the red flannel about 7 times before it finally stopped bleeding color.

Rag quilts should be washed after the seams are clipped to get out a lot of the little bitty threads and make a soft fluffy fringes.  My washing machine has a self-cleaning lint filter and I am worried it might get stopped up, so I take rag quilts to the laundromat for their first washing.