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October 16, 2009 - Fabric Fabric Friday - Flannel

Two years ago, I was gifted two very large tubs of flannel from a friend in our quilt guild. Much of the flannel is juvenile. I had never used flannel before, but I've slowly been chipping away at it. I've completed one quilt (I finished binding it just today, actually), am in the process of hand quilting one quilt, and completed piecing 3 other tops, all in flannel. I haven't even made a dent in the gifted material. Currently, I am working on a scrappy flannel buzz saw quilt top that I plan to have finished by New Years. While shop hopping around West Virginia last week, I picked up three more flannel scraps for this quilt. One, I absolutely love:

It is actually a deeper red that it appears in this photo. Here it is already incorporated into blocks for the buzzsaw quilt (a photo of my progress so far is in my last entry):

I hope to work a bit more on this quilt this weekend. I already have pieces cut and ready to go through the machine. Hopefully I'll have more to share by weekend's end. Happy sewing!

October 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by cherylwillis

I have not tried this pattern before, are you doing it where you sew the triangle sqs. and then cut them in strips are re-sew together? If so what size are you starting with? I have some fat quarters that might be worth cutting up to try it.
I love sewing flannel even though it lints up a bit. I like the soft feel when the top is finished.
cw

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