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Posted by elspeth on July 10, 2007, 8:44 am
I am planning a baby quilt to be made up of flannel snowballs -- fussy cut
centers of monkeys piloting airplanes with corner triangles of orange,
yellow. red and blue. I want 6 inch finished blocks -- if I was using
cotton, I would cut my center square to 6.5 inches and the blocks to make
the corner triangles to 2.5 inches. Since flannel ravels, how big should I
cut my pieces?
TIA
Elizabeth in Spring, Texas
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Posted by Julia in MN on July 10, 2007, 9:05 am
If you are going to use 1/2 inch seam allowances (which people sometimes
do when using flannel), cut the center squares 7 inches and the smaller
squares 3 inches. If you want 3/8 inch seams, cut the centers 7-3/4
inches and the corners 2-3/4 inches. It sounds like your pattern is one
that the final finished size of your block isn't critical. Be consistent
with your seam allowance, whatever you use; if your blocks end up 5-3/4"
or 6-1/4" because the seam allowance wasn't exactly 1/2", it probably
isn't a big deal.
Prewash the flannel (maybe twice) to reduce shrinkage of the finished
quilt. Quilt rather than tie or tack; I think that reduces the strain on
the seams, which is what causes them to pull apart. And use plenty of
quilting.
Julia in MN
elspeth wrote:
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> I am planning a baby quilt to be made up of flannel snowballs -- fussy cut
> centers of monkeys piloting airplanes with corner triangles of orange,
> yellow. red and blue. I want 6 inch finished blocks -- if I was using
> cotton, I would cut my center square to 6.5 inches and the blocks to make
> the corner triangles to 2.5 inches. Since flannel ravels, how big should I
> cut my pieces?
>
> TIA
>
> Elizabeth in Spring, Texas
>
>
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Posted by Patti on July 10, 2007, 9:21 am
Not meaning to interfere, but the typo might cause someone a few
worries. The 7 3/4 inches should be 6 3/4 inches I think.
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>If you are going to use 1/2 inch seam allowances (which people
>sometimes do when using flannel), cut the center squares 7 inches and
>the smaller squares 3 inches. If you want 3/8 inch seams, cut the
>centers 7-3/4 inches and the corners 2-3/4 inches. It sounds like your
>pattern is one that the final finished size of your block isn't
>critical. Be consistent with your seam allowance, whatever you use; if
>your blocks end up 5-3/4" or 6-1/4" because the seam allowance wasn't
>exactly 1/2", it probably isn't a big deal.
>Prewash the flannel (maybe twice) to reduce shrinkage of the finished
>quilt. Quilt rather than tie or tack; I think that reduces the strain
>on the seams, which is what causes them to pull apart. And use plenty
>of quilting.
>Julia in MN
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pat on the hill
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Posted by Julia in MN on July 10, 2007, 1:05 pm
Thanks, Patti, for catching that. You are right. 7-3/4 inch squares
would finish to 7" with 3/8" seams. The 2-3/4 corner squares would give
you a slightly different effect.
Julia in Mn
Patti wrote:
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> Not meaning to interfere, but the typo might cause someone a few
> worries. The 7 3/4 inches should be 6 3/4 inches I think.
> .
>> If you are going to use 1/2 inch seam allowances (which people
>> sometimes do when using flannel), cut the center squares 7 inches and
>> the smaller squares 3 inches. If you want 3/8 inch seams, cut the
>> centers 7-3/4 inches and the corners 2-3/4 inches. It sounds like your
>> pattern is one that the final finished size of your block isn't
>> critical. Be consistent with your seam allowance, whatever you use; if
>> your blocks end up 5-3/4" or 6-1/4" because the seam allowance wasn't
>> exactly 1/2", it probably isn't a big deal.
>> Prewash the flannel (maybe twice) to reduce shrinkage of the finished
>> quilt. Quilt rather than tie or tack; I think that reduces the strain
>> on the seams, which is what causes them to pull apart. And use plenty
>> of quilting.
>> Julia in MN
>
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on July 10, 2007, 3:20 pm
Howdy!
Sheeze, Elizabeth, get me all excited:
Snowballs in Texas in July!!!!
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<g>
I've been using flannel quite a bit this year,
and haven't had much problem w/ raveling. As long as it's washed
and dried before I use it, I trust using it pretty much like any
other cotton in my stash. Good flannel from name brand manufacturers,
anyway, in my experience. YMMV
Do a test trial on your original pattern/block sizes; see how it goes.
And send any extra snowballs to Arlington, please. It's finally heating
up here. ;-)
R/Sandy http://tinyurl.com/2fhpmn
(I've just finished the 3rd flannel/felted cotton like this)
P.S. http://closing.photos.yahoo.com/?
On 7/10/07 7:44 AM, in article
JaLki.5676$rR.2602@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net, "elspeth"
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> I am planning a baby quilt to be made up of flannel snowballs -- fussy cut
> centers of monkeys piloting airplanes with corner triangles of orange,
> yellow. red and blue. I want 6 inch finished blocks -- if I was using
> cotton, I would cut my center square to 6.5 inches and the blocks to make
> the corner triangles to 2.5 inches. Since flannel ravels, how big should I
> cut my pieces?
>
> TIA
>
> Elizabeth in Spring, Texas
>
>
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> centers of monkeys piloting airplanes with corner triangles of orange,
> yellow. red and blue. I want 6 inch finished blocks -- if I was using
> cotton, I would cut my center square to 6.5 inches and the blocks to make
> the corner triangles to 2.5 inches. Since flannel ravels, how big should I
> cut my pieces?
>
> TIA
>
> Elizabeth in Spring, Texas
>
>