This raggedy quilt was a fun project to put together last week. This is a simple quilt with instant gratification. I didn’t purchase any new fabric for this project; both the squares on top and the flannel ‘lining’ that you cannot see were fabrics that I already had on hand.
This quilt, in fact, garnered one order to make a
double/full-size bed and I expect more will follow.
The top are all random cotton fabrics; prints, solids, batiks
and a host of others and the ‘lining’ is also of various cotton flannels.
Putting it together is the fun part; effectively, it is
self-quilted. ALL of the seams are sewn ‘on
the wrong side’ and are about 1 inch deep.
All of the seams end up on the outside, and once all are put together,
each seam in clipped up to, but not through the stitching, every ¼ to ½ inch
apart.
Once all the seams are clipped, and it does take a while,
the entire quilt is washed and dried repeatedly in an automatic washer and
dryer. This process is what makes all the seams “raggedy”.
I used bits and pieces of the remaining cottons to sew a
binding then ended up being 2 inches deep, finished.
Click ABOVE on the button "Cat-Fur-to-Kitten-Britches" to see the finished quilt.
© 2013 Cat Brennan
