What type of craft project are you working on now?

[pmcleanj]

Here's what I just finished:

http://www.logrus.ca/PhotoAlbum/BaptismAlb/BaptismAlb.html

 

[Cassiopeia]

I have several rag quilts cut out and waiting to be finished. Two for little boys that are my ex husband's with his new wife and a christmas rag quilt for myself. I have so many projects I work on ..I have a cross stitch i have been working on for four years or more. It is title "to everything there is a season". boy isn't that the truth.

peace,
Casi

 

[hischildsindik]

Here's what I just finished:

http://www.logrus.ca/PhotoAlbum/BaptismAlb/BaptismAlb.html

That is awesome. I may have to figure that out and borrow a sewing maching for when I have children. Very beautiful, thank you so much for sharing!!

 

[hischildsindik]

I have several rag quilts cut out and waiting to be finished. Two for little boys that are my ex husband's with his new wife and a christmas rag quilt for myself. I have so many projects I work on ..I have a cross stitch i have been working on for four years or more. It is title "to everything there is a season". boy isn't that the truth.

peace,
Casi

What fabrics do you use for your rag quilts. I've used flannel for the only one I made, but have heard of some using denim or 'HomeSpun'.

 

[spinningwheelgirl]

I am working on an afghan for my friend who is getting married in July. I am hoping that it will be done by then. When I am done that I guess I will have to star on some sort of baby thing for my cousin who is having a baby.

 

[Cassiopeia]

What fabrics do you use for your rag quilts. I've used flannel for the only one I made, but have heard of some using denim or 'HomeSpun'.

I use flannel for the most part but sometimes I will use a woven fabric for an applique. I love making them. I have some with one inch seams and some with half inch and now I am doing more than just patches, I am learning how to peice them and then have the blocks sewn in. Very pretty with all the fraying

 

[beetlequeendiva]

What exactly is a rag quilt? I mean how do you make them?

 

[domi]

I'm making a knitted hat with green and white stripes. It's ganna be so preaty. I feal old though lol. I'm only 17 lol and ppl tell me that only old ppl knit but TO BAD! KNITTING ROCKS ME SOCKS!!!! yah i'm kinda having troble i keep droping stiches but i'm soooooo rambling on without a point. HAT! i'm knitting a hat.

 

[Cassiopeia]

What exactly is a rag quilt? I mean how do you make them?

OH boy...hehehe...how to explain..a rag quilt is sewn so that all the seams are exposed and then clipped so they can fray. I will try to attach a photo for you of my son's I made him.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

Oooh that's pretty!!!

 

[GypsyBella]

Wow Casiopeia! That's beautiful!

 

[BubblesRelena]

I'm creating a 6x6 scrapbook. I'm making all of the layouts and only have 4 more to go (there's 20 in all). I'm planning on selling it on E-bay in a few months. ^.^" I'm hoping the profit will be great, and I'll start making a good reputation. ^_~" I think it'd be a great side business.

Love N" Huggles,

~BubblesRelena (Manager of Apostolic Love)

 

[Cassiopeia]

Wow Casiopeia! That's beautiful!

Thanks you guys but that is one of my OKAY quilts...when I finish my christmas one I will have to take a photo for you. I like my really bright ones I have done but my boys love their bear and moose and cabin themes

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I wish I could make one but I wouldn't really know where to start......

 

[Cassiopeia]

I wish I could make one but I wouldn't really know where to start......

well you use flannel that you have picked out or left over. YOu want to have about 8 to 9 coordinating fabrics. Cut it into 8 inch blocks. You can use one print for your back blocks. You need to have a middle, either a tan flannel or a light weight quilt batting. We have one called warm and natural. those blocks are cut into 6 inch blocks if you want a one inch fringe or 7 inch if you want a 1/2 inch fringe. right sides out you put the middle peice centered in between and sew a X on the blocks from corner to corner diagonally stitching. you can figure out a pattern for your quilt. I lay mine out on grid paper. the quilt you see has a 11x13 size. The center however is taken up by one fabric. i don't recommend doing that one first. after you have all your blocks put together and your pattern figured out you sew them together with the seams sticking up. after all your rows are complete and sewn together you sew a seam all the way around the outside edge 1 inch in or a 1/2 inch in depending on your seam.

I don't know if that makes any sense. I will be happy to answer questions you might have.

Good luck
Casi

 

[beetlequeendiva]

Thank you Casi - might be a good project for once i'm done making winnie the pooh if I need help i may PM you!!! Hope that's okay!!

 

[Cassiopeia]

Thank you Casi - might be a good project for once i'm done making winnie the pooh if I need help i may PM you!!! Hope that's okay!!

I see now you are in Scotland. If you want I will ask my mother-in-law for the metic measurements. i would love to help anyone who needs it. In the meantime I will figure out a better description

 

[hischildsindik]

well you use flannel that you have picked out or left over. YOu want to have about 8 to 9 coordinating fabrics. Cut it into 8 inch blocks. You can use one print for your back blocks. You need to have a middle, either a tan flannel or a light weight quilt batting. We have one called warm and natural. those blocks are cut into 6 inch blocks if you want a one inch fringe or 7 inch if you want a 1/2 inch fringe. right sides out you put the middle peice centered in between and sew a X on the blocks from corner to corner diagonally stitching. you can figure out a pattern for your quilt. I lay mine out on grid paper. the quilt you see has a 11x13 size. The center however is taken up by one fabric. i don't recommend doing that one first. after you have all your blocks put together and your pattern figured out you sew them together with the seams sticking up. after all your rows are complete and sewn together you sew a seam all the way around the outside edge 1 inch in or a 1/2 inch in depending on your seam.

I don't know if that makes any sense. I will be happy to answer questions you might have.

Good luck
Casi

They are fun to do. We also have warm and natural batting here in the states. I have to say it is my favorite batting, as it is thin and 100% cotton so it will shrink with the 100% cotton fabrics and doesn't migrate (the fibers through the fabric).

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I guess batting is like the stuff you use in quilting also?

 

[hischildsindik]

I guess batting is like the stuff you use in quilting also?

Yes, batting is the stuff that is flat and either a little or a lot fluffy that gets put between the front of the quilt and the back before you actually do the quilting. The stuff that will go into Pooh's belly when you get that far, we call poly-fill, fiber-fill... it can be similar to the batting, only not flat, just a bag of fluff when you get it at the stores.