Rag Quilt Tutorial Part One

Today I thought I would give you part one of this tutorial, how to make a rag quilt. So these are a lot of fun! They seem time consuming but really no worse than quilting a quilt but a whole lot easier, and I love the look when they are finished! 

You will need:

Cotton (You can use whatever for the front as well, even more flannel)

A thicker something for the back like flannel. You can use different things for the backing but you will want it to fray. 

*Optional batting

Lots of thread! 

scissors

You do not need a lot of sewing skills for this (great beginner project!)

We need to cut our squares I like them 6in by 6in (in the end we will be sewing 1/2in in all the way around so it will end up 5in by 5in. For how much to buy I buy a little over whatever that size normally takes, I would rather it be too big than too small. For this one I just bought all the fabric remnants that matched so I really am not sure how much I used and I think about 7 yards for the backing in flannel. (For a king) 

After our squares are cut we are going to sew from one side to the next 

It is good to do this in a chain you will waste a lot less thread. It will seem time consuming but remember you wont have to quilt afterwords. 

Then cut between each one so they are no longer a chain. 

And repeat so you have an X through every square.

I like to stack them and in this case I do not have the same amount of each square so I can kinda get ready to plan my layout.  

That's it for part one! I will be back soon to give you part two! 

Here are some I have finished before..

This one made from scrap flannel and some old pj pants.