nursie76

I am moving closer to starting a rag quilt for my daughter for Christmas, but I have another question. I have already spent a lot on flannel for the front and will have to purchase more for the back. I just found about 6+ yards of flannel that I had purchased some years ago and have some others that I plan to use for the center (I am going to do it with 3 layers of flannel and no batting). But I just realized that the flannel in my stash has been washed and the flannel I purchased for the front and will purchase for the back have not been...so, do I just make it or do I need to wash the unwashed flannel so it is all washed. Gosh, I am not sure if that made any sense :shock: but perhaps you get the gist of what I am asking.

Any help would sure be appreciated!

virtualbernie

You need to wash it. Flannel shrinks alot!

cjomomma

Give it a washing. It will shrink a lot and cause your quilt to be wonky if you don't.

np3

Wash it all, I wash flannel three times!

nursie76

Thanks, normally I don't think I would wash it for a rag quilt, but since some of it has been washed I was concerned about it getting wonky from some shrinking and some already
shrunk.

Thanks.

amma

better to be safe than sorry :wink: It will still rag nicely :D:D:D

oatw13

I would wash the flannel and dry it in the dryer so it shrinks. Some flannel shrinks A LOT!

earthwalker

I agree washing is an excellent plan.

grammyp

Yup, wash, at least 2 times. Mine has always ragged nicely after washing.

ckcowl

i would wash it once befor making the quilt then when you wash the finished quilt it will all shrink some more together. this works well.