AboutAudrey Zohner Expertise I am an expert rag quilter. I have made over 100 rag quilts and would love to assist others with questions and methods. I don't know much about actual quilting like machine or hand quilting or applique. I am, however, the resident expert on rag quilting in my town. If you want to make a rag quilt, I am your woman.
Experience I have been sewing for 12 years and rag quilting for 4. I have experienced just about every pitfall there is in rag quilting. Check out my quilts at audreysragquilts.etsy.com.
Organizations ISU Craft Club
EtsyKids
Education/Credentials High school diploma
Bachelor's in Animal Science
Question Hi Audrey,
I'm doing my first rag quilt (baby quilt) and my thoughts of doing it are
totally different than the directions. I wanted to put a strip all around my
squares to kind of frame it in and have 1 piece of flannel on the back would
that work or should I do the squares on the back also and sew it all
together. Do I have to put the X on all the squares or will it work if u just
sew around the squares than put wrong sides together. Hope you can
answer these confusing questions. I'm so confused. Thanks
Answer Hello,
You can definitely put a "frame" strip around your quilt. I have done this several times. I cut a strip twice the desired width plus my seam allowances and then sewed it to the edge of my finished quilt. You will need four pieces to do a border.
You can also have your back be one piece as long as you are willing to quilt it to the front. You could sew the front squares together with seams towards the front for the raggedyness and then sew the back to the front.
The "X" is only sewn in to keep the batting in place. Otherwise, you don't have to sew it. The X only needs to be sewn if your batting (middle layer) is smaller than the rest of your squares.
