In search of quilt name and directions.
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Hi, I hope someone can help, about 25 years ago I made my daughter a flannel quilt. I can't remember the quilt name but I do remember some things I did when making it. I think I used 3 or 4 different flannel fabrics. You put them together sewing diagonally over the quilt ever 2 or 3 inches and then cut between theses stitches. The things I remember for sure are the blisters from cutting the layers of flannel, burning out the motors of 2 pairs of electric scissors and how I vowed I would never do another one. This has been my daughters favorite quilt and has been like a security blanket for her. She wants a new one of course. Lol. Hope someone can help with the deminsions and directions. Thanks for your help.
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Chenille is the name for what you did; very popular in the late 1990s and after 2000.
Olfa finally made a special cutter for these. (NOW you know!
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https://www.google.com/search?site=i...30.8LB84iZNGbk
Jan in VA
Olfa finally made a special cutter for these. (NOW you know!
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https://www.google.com/search?site=i...30.8LB84iZNGbk
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Here's instructions:
http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tu...e-blanket.html
When my sister was doing these, she purchased a kit of narrow plastic strips. They were basically strips of cutting mat material. You inserted the strip into the channel & used your regular rotary cutter & ruler.
http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tu...e-blanket.html
When my sister was doing these, she purchased a kit of narrow plastic strips. They were basically strips of cutting mat material. You inserted the strip into the channel & used your regular rotary cutter & ruler.
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Yes, its a chenille quilt - basically the directions are just as you described - sew three layers of flannel on the back of your quilt top - then sew diagonal lines about an inch or so apart along the whole quilt - then snip the layers on the back of the quilt - after washing the fuzzy soft back emerges.
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Yes, its a chenille quilt - basically the directions are just as you described - sew three layers of flannel on the back of your quilt top - then sew diagonal lines about an inch or so apart along the whole quilt - then snip the layers on the back of the quilt - after washing the fuzzy soft back emerges.
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Thanks so much for everyone's help. Does anyone know the name of the tool used to cut through the flannel. I think that will be a must have. Thanks again for the help.
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On the blog Jan posted the writer says it gets tedious doing the cutting. Would you say it's *as* tedious as snipping a rag quilt, or more or less tedious? Just want to know what I'd be letting myself in for
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Now I understand how this thing is supposed to work!
http://www.amazon.com/Olfa-CHN1-Chen.../dp/B001CE5DN2
http://www.amazon.com/Olfa-CHN1-Chen.../dp/B001CE5DN2
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