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.
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Bachelor's in Animal Science
Expert: Audrey Zohner Date: 9/25/2007 Subject: rag quilting with cotton
Question can i make a rag quilt with cotton material as the top and back with a piece of flannel in the middle ?but when i wash it wont the flannel get all over the cotton material and make it linty?
Answer You are right about the lint. Flannel does rag and lint everywhere for the first 3-4 washes. However, you need the flannel layer in the middle because the cotton WON'T fray at all.
Flannel between layers of cotton will give your quilt that ragged look, but won't fray half as much as a normal flannel rag quilt. I have sandwiched flannel between cotton layers several times and love the look it gives the quilt.
