One of the joys of life is receiving fabric in the mail. Knowing someone trusts you enough to make comfort quilts with it and sends it to you is an awesome humbling position that I have blessed with. Gwen has sent me fabric, especially backing fabric, before and it has so helped me to complete quilts to give away.
Her latest box had all kinds of goodies in it. How exciting! I sorted by size and type, color. It got my brain thinking.
An absolutely gorgeous group of batik colors were in the box also. However, they are flannel and I don't know how or what quilt to make with them. I have made lots of pillowcases in flannel, but never a quilt. I do not like rag quilts and will not make one. I will not tie a quilt either. So, please, if you have any ideas from your experience, please send them my way so I can transform them into an adorable quilt. They are about a half yard apiece. I washed it and it is a nice heavy flannel.
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How about backings for lap quilts? They’d be toasty warm and less likely to slip off.
I agree with Anonymous - I have never made a quilt from flannels - they are too stretchy for me - but they might work for backings - ;))
I make a lot of flannel quilts. If you look on my blog there is a list of "pages" above the most recent post and the last one is flannel quilts. One recent flannel quilt I made went to a guy who had incurable cancer and he loved the quilt. I use flannel on the back and use Hobbs 80/20 batting in them. I use one on my bed in the winter and it has been washed many times and is so cozy.
Good quality flannel is not loosely woven or stretchy. I made pillowcases out of some batik flannel a couple years ago.
I've made several donation flannel quilts and I don't treat them any differently than any other quilt. They are easy to piece and quilt and require no special treatment in my experience.
What a great variety of fabrics and color!! you will have fun
I love flannel quilts - i usually use a lighter batting in them...
I have made a couple of flannel quilts. The only thing I do differently is wash and dry the flannel - twice - before using it. Good luck to you!
Such a treat to receive all those fabrics!
I'd never heard of batik flannel before. My guild uses flannel to make baby quilts for the local Lutheran church. They fill the blankets with diapers, clothes, etc, then tie the corners together to make a bundle. They sent out over 2000 of these bundles last year.
So glad you are enjoying the fabrics!
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