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Flannel questions
I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a
baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ |
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Flannel questions
I use flannel to make baby gowns for a shelter. Often as not, after the
flannel has been prewashed it is unacceptable because of pill-fuzzing. I use that flannel for batting inside preemie quilts and it does okay for that. It doesn't seem to matter what price the flannel is - some as high as $18 yard from a 'nice' place has been just as pilly. The favorite here is by Northcott - they make one that looks lovely and feels more like velvet. Conclusion? Just buy a little of the flannel you're thinking of using and give it a good test first. Your quilt of flannel with silk batting sounds exquisite. Polly "AuntK" wrote in message ... I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ |
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On Dec 24, 8:11*am, "Polly Esther" wrote:
I use flannel to make baby gowns for a shelter. *Often as not, after the flannel has been prewashed it is unacceptable because of pill-fuzzing. *I use that flannel for batting inside preemie quilts and it does okay for that. *It doesn't seem to matter what price the flannel is - some as high as $18 yard from a 'nice' place has been just as pilly. *The favorite here is by Northcott - they make one that looks lovely and feels more like velvet.. Conclusion? *Just buy a little of the flannel you're thinking of using and give it a good test first. *Your quilt of flannel with silk batting sounds exquisite. *Polly "AuntK" wrote in message ... I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. *I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. *Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. *My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. *And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. *I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? *How about the silk batting? *Does that need to be prewashed as well? *I normally use W&N/ W. *Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. *Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Now, you would have thought that I would have come up with that on my own after my last 'lack of testing' experience! Maybe I'll pop over to the LQS and pick up a couple of flannel fat quarters and work from there. Maybe I'll even MQ the piece with a scrap batt and wash it up a couple of times after just to see how it works as well. Thank you, Miss Polly, for your words of wisdom. |
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Glad to remind you of what you probably had tucked away in your mind
already. I'm on cookie-baking break. All is going well except managing to have some left for tomorrow. Haven't quite figured that one out. Polly "AuntK" wrote in message ... On Dec 24, 8:11 am, "Polly Esther" wrote: I use flannel to make baby gowns for a shelter. Often as not, after the flannel has been prewashed it is unacceptable because of pill-fuzzing. I use that flannel for batting inside preemie quilts and it does okay for that. It doesn't seem to matter what price the flannel is - some as high as $18 yard from a 'nice' place has been just as pilly. The favorite here is by Northcott - they make one that looks lovely and feels more like velvet. Conclusion? Just buy a little of the flannel you're thinking of using and give it a good test first. Your quilt of flannel with silk batting sounds exquisite. Polly "AuntK" wrote in message ... I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Now, you would have thought that I would have come up with that on my own after my last 'lack of testing' experience! Maybe I'll pop over to the LQS and pick up a couple of flannel fat quarters and work from there. Maybe I'll even MQ the piece with a scrap batt and wash it up a couple of times after just to see how it works as well. Thank you, Miss Polly, for your words of wisdom. |
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On Dec 24, 8:45*am, "Polly Esther" wrote:
Glad to remind you of what you probably had tucked away in your mind already. I'm on cookie-baking break. *All is going well except managing to have some left for tomorrow. *Haven't quite figured that one out. *Polly "AuntK" wrote in message ... On Dec 24, 8:11 am, "Polly Esther" wrote: I use flannel to make baby gowns for a shelter. Often as not, after the flannel has been prewashed it is unacceptable because of pill-fuzzing. I use that flannel for batting inside preemie quilts and it does okay for that. It doesn't seem to matter what price the flannel is - some as high as $18 yard from a 'nice' place has been just as pilly. The favorite here is by Northcott - they make one that looks lovely and feels more like velvet. Conclusion? Just buy a little of the flannel you're thinking of using and give it a good test first. Your quilt of flannel with silk batting sounds exquisite. Polly "AuntK" wrote in message .... I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Now, you would have thought that I would have come up with that on my own after my last 'lack of testing' experience! *Maybe I'll pop over to the LQS and pick up a couple of flannel fat quarters and work from there. *Maybe I'll even MQ the piece with a scrap batt and wash it up a couple of times after just to see how it works as well. *Thank you, Miss Polly, for your words of wisdom.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My only answer to that one is...bake more! |
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:37:07 -0800 (PST), AuntK
wrote: I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Flannel is warm, it also shrinks like the dickens, ravels madly, and in the deep colors tends to be overdyed so that it bleeds like no tommorow. I always prewash flannel. Of course I always prewash everything, but flannel is one of the things I would never consider not prewashing. I'm with Polly on testing it. Some flannel is fit for quilts of the gods, some is fit for single use washrags. Just like most other fabrics, only with most other fabrics you don't get the de-fuzzification and snotfluff that happens with some cheap flannel. If you are planning cotton flannel, I would be hesitant about a silk batting. The laundry requirements are just too different. I am fussy like that though. So far as quilting it, it will make you wonder if you have died and gone to heaven. Basting it will make you wonder what you did to deserve the other place. I have only ever used it in garments, a flat project is likely to be much easier. NightMist -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Flannel questions
Flannel is not woven as tightly is regular quilting cotton. This has a
couple implications: - It is more likely to ravel. You may want to use a larger seam allowance than the standard quarter inch. If you do, allow for it when cutting and figuring yardage for the quilt. - Bias seams will stretch more than regular quilting cotton. You may want to avoid a pattern with much bias. - You many want to consider a pattern with fairly large, simple blocks. Julia in MN AuntK wrote: I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Flannel questions
I'm with others that I would not do flannel if I was hand quilting it.
Also I rarely make a baby quilt out of flannel especially if you want it to be their blankie. My experience I've never found flannel good enough that would even hold up to the first two years of washings. As they get washed a lot in that period of time. I make the flannel ones but never expected them to last. I make cotton ones to last their lifetime. Flannel ones I made for DD never lasted for her sister to use who was born 2 yrs later. The cotton ones still look brand new, but they have been well used and abused. Maybe it's just my bad luck that I have not found any flannel good enough for this. But it would also break my heart to put all we do into a nice quilt and have it wear out in a year. That's just my two cents though. Take Care Joanna Alberta NightMist wrote: On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:37:07 -0800 (PST), AuntK wrote: I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? |
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I had been told the same thing about flannels. And sure enough, the worst
came true with some donated flannel I used to make a charity neo-natal quiltie. I swore off flannel. Then this month our local Ben Franklin's BOM focus fabric was a flannel panel!! I almost backed out! But the stuff is wonderful!! Didn't ravel. Didn't stretch. I went back and bought myself all of the 20 6" panels so I could make a quilt for myself. These are flannels from Maywood Studio. Very sturdy -- definitely not stiff. And I was making triangles around the center piece. You can see the block in my Ben Franklin BOM Album at Webshots. It's the December block. I had to give that one away, but I'm ready to do the rest!! -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr http://kayahr.blogspot.com/ to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Flannel is not woven as tightly is regular quilting cotton. This has a couple implications: - It is more likely to ravel. You may want to use a larger seam allowance than the standard quarter inch. If you do, allow for it when cutting and figuring yardage for the quilt. - Bias seams will stretch more than regular quilting cotton. You may want to avoid a pattern with much bias. - You many want to consider a pattern with fairly large, simple blocks. Julia in MN AuntK wrote: I've not worked w/flannel in quilting. I'm contemplating making a baby quilt for a friend's anticipated first grandchild w/flannel instead of cotton. Contemplating also using a silk batting so this piece ends up being more 'blankie' like. My LQS designed a beautiful baby quilt in cottons and was planning to do that pattern (shoefly) in flannels instead but have no experience with this in terms of quilting. And my limited other flannel experience (clothing) is decades old. I am a prewasher by nature but are there any other pitfalls besides shrinkage to worry about? How about the silk batting? Does that need to be prewashed as well? I normally use W&N/ W. Oh, and I hand quilt - not machine. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Kim in tundra-like NJ -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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