A rag quilt can be made with flannel or cotton fabrics. Pick your favorite and join us for this class. You can make a baby quilt for a gift or a throw size to snuggle under.
Skill Level: | Beginner |
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Requirements: | RAG QUILT LEORA STRONG 256-603-0421 Date- Oct. 13, 2023 Time- 10-2 Please bring everything from the following supply list. 2 Charm Packs plus 2 yards fabric for backing OR IF NOT USING CHARM PACKS, 4 yards of fabric. Crib size Batting. Rag quilt spring-action locking scissor snips 61/2? Sewing machine that can work with thick fabric, in good working order. Matching thread for machine sewing. Walking foot. Sewing machine needles size 80/12. Large and small scissors. Rotary cutter with a sharp blade and mat. Long Ruler. Seam ripper. Clips. Stiletto. Bring your lunch. Set up at 9:45 with class beginning at 10am. IF YOU ARE USING CHARM PACKS Cut 15 ? 5? WOF strips from the backing fabric. From the 15 strips cut 114 - 5? squares. (99 for the back and 15 for the front) IF YOU ARE CUTTING ALL OF YOUR SQUARES FROM FABRIC For the front fabric cut 13 ? 5? strips. From the 13 strips cut 99 ? 5? squares. Repeat for the backing fabric. BATTING Batting comes in different widths. Cut enough 4 1/2? strips to make 99 ? 4 1/2? squares. HOMEWORK: Cut out all 5? squares of fabric and 4 1/2? squares of batting using the following recommendations. A rag quilt can be made with different size and shape blocks. For the class we will be using 5? squares, 9 rows across and 11 rows down to make a 36?x43? quilt. You will need 99 - 5? squares of fabric for the front and 99 - 5? squares of fabric for the back. You will need 99 - 4 1/2? squares of batting. Total squares needed for a 36?x43? quilt: 198 ? 5? fabric squares for front and back. 99 ? 4 1/2? batting squares. If you are using 2 charm packs, (42 x 2 = 84) you will need 15 additional 5? squares for the front. Fabric requirements allows for 15 ? 5? front squares to be made from the backing fabric. |
Instructor: | Leora Strong |
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