Rag Quilt

Rag Quilt and T's Bed

A grandma must share the creative work of her grand children.

First up is Tristan's handy work.

He is 14 and loves to build things 

and cook.

He is also a hunter and takes

care of every aspect of the hunt.

The kids (son-in-law and daughter) have

been making pallet items.  So

T decided to make some things,

a book case

and his new bed 

(head board is out of pallets)

 It was a long wait, but fun opening the box with the quilt

he requested.

 This is the base of his bed, and he made it.  Dad 

helped with the last phase, which was spraying the finish on.

 The dresser to the right is another project, T sanded it

down and refinished it.

 All together.  Talent seems to run in the family.

I have to show you next the table his big brother 

designed and built.  

These two love working with their hands

it is good to see these skills developing.

They had a hand in building their new house with

their mom and dad.

Rag Quilt Finished

T's Rag Quilt

Finishing touches.

Good grief where does the time go?  

I thought it had been only a couple weeks since I last posted.

Well, I guess I did a lot more sewing then I thought as well.

Tristan's quilt is finished.

This one big quilt.

I constructed the top half, 

washed and dried it and then

the second half, then joined them together.

Being made of all flannel it is heavy, is also very big, 

so to keep from stressing my washing machine I decided to

do it that way, worked out great.

As it washed I stood over the washer with a hand strainer

to help get all of the lint and threads that come loose from

the cut ends.  Working the strainer thru the water the whole

time, I did not want this stuff going down the drain and causing a clog.

Then once in the dryer, I checked the filter every 5 minutes or so

You would not believe how much came off this quilt.

It would have clogged the drains for sure.

 I like how it has turned out, and it will be

warm and comforting to Tristan.

Some details below.

 There were enough squares left to make a pillow sham,

not washed yet in this picture.

I will also make some pillow cases with remaining fabrics to 

complete the set.

Not sure what is next on the quilting horizon. 

I did buy a kit several years back and I think I will begin that.

So I guess I will have to let you know what I decide on.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a blessed day.

 

T's Flannel Rag Quilt

T's Flannel Rag Quilt

Making a rag quilt for my grandson

Seems he likes his dad's so much he hijacked it.

So he needs one of his own.

T picked most of the fabrics, some came from my stash.

Half done here.

 

Using the Accuquit for cutting all the pieces. 

Each block has 3 layers of flannel, 2  orange and one  print.

 Placing the fabric and cutting 4 at a time

The die cuts the fringe, much easier then using scissors.  

Enough on each cutting for 2 blocks.

Some of the prints we are using

Each block is sewn with an X which is the only quilting

 holding the quilt together.

 

Sewing the X in chain fashion

One of two stacks of sewn blocks. 

Adding some embroidery to a few of the blocks

Have been working on getting the rows together 8 done

8 to go.  This should be a cozy quilt.

T loves all things hunting, can you tell.

My design wall will only hold half of this queen quilt.