Flannel scrap quilts

You may remember a while back I was playing on the design wall with flannel scraps that I cut to standard sizes a long long time ago. Rather than make one bigger quilt I opted to turn those into one medium and one baby quilt, which are finally done! The baby quilt is 32" square. Rather than traditional binding I folded the backing over to the front and sewed it down with a decorative stitch. Both these quilts are exceptionally cozy due to the flannel. The larger quilt measures 64" square. I…

FLANNEL QUILT --- BOLO pretty and heavy flannel shirts Hanging On by a Needle and Thread: Flannel Scraps

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The week between Christmas and New Year's I pin basted four quilts, preparing them for machine quilting. Today I am sharing the third finish of the four. I made this quilt from rectangles I found in a box of scraps from a quilt I made a number of years ago. There were a lot more rectangles than I remembered, so I started randomly placing them on my design wall and created this top. This was pure mindless sewing, which is needed on occasion! The machine quilting was purely mindless, too. I…

This is Donna's Flannel quilt and it is made up from all her flannel scraps. I love the colors and how cozy flannel quilts are, I could see this one anyone's bed or couch as a cuddle quilt. She didn't use a pattern but made the same block and just reversed the strips in each row and added a scrappy inner border. I used a panto called Happy Times, it is one of my favorite inexpensive 'go to' pantos that has really nice movement. We have been having really nice weather, sunny and -5'c so far…

We kicked off the week with a great plaid quilt. The flannel shirt talk got me thinking about quilting with old flannel shirts that my have lost some of their original glory, but still retain great pieces of fabric. While most are familiar with memory quilts made from old tshirts, aprons, or dresses, let’s consider […]

Don't throw away your old flannels. Follow our easy, quick, brilliant ideas to repurpose old flannels into beautiful, fresh new items.

Great Ideas for Memory Quilts, Keepsake Quilts and for Recycling Men’s Shirts! Men’s shirts have a lot of usable fabric for creative quilters to work into quilts. Recycling is always a great idea, plus men’s shirts provide the ideal fabric for more masculine quilts. All-cotton shirts, besides being more comfortable to wear, are perfect for …

The Make-It-Over-The-Weekend Flannel Quilt Instructions: Get the measurements to make this simple quilt that makes for a perfect weekend quilting project!