This Weeks Rag Quilting Project -Day 3

I have had a couple of really busy days and am a little behind on keeping my blog up daily. I strive to do better though! 

Here is the final layout of the rag quilt. I moved the browns and dark pinks out to balance things a little better.

 

TIP: Working with chenille and minky requires TONS of pinning to reduce slippage of the slick backside of the minky. Here is how I pinned all of my sandwiches. This process takes much longer than using non-slick fabrics.

 

Here is where I am stopping tonight. I sewed all of the X's and started joining a few of the rows together. I will be finishing this Sunday afternoon and will post more pics then.

Mail or email?

When you are online looking for a pattern or instructions/tutorials on making something that has caught your interest, are you more apt to look for something that you can download right then and there or do you prefer it be physically mailed to you?

I know there may be several issues involved either way. I am just curious. When it comes down to it what do you prefer?

We all look for Free items, I do too, but when it has to be purchased what is your preference?

Please comment-I appreciate your feedback.:)

Do you have a Rag Quilt question?

I am going to open this blog up for a rag quilt question session.

Post questions here. I will answer them ASAP. Thanks!

Publish Post

Chain Stitching My Raggies

Tip #3 From Rag Quilting Tip Series



LOL When I first began Rag Quilting I was doing everything the hard way. Mom had gotten me a quilt block kit for Christmas shortly after I picked up sewing again. With the raggies, I was sewing then clipping each sandwich as it passed through the machine.

I started reading the instructions in the kit Mom got me, and was clued in on what chain-stitching is. My Rag Quilting is much faster now.

Here are the details of chain stitching for Rag Quilting:

1. Make your fabric "sandwiches" and stack them by your machine.

2. Grab one sandwich and feed it through the machine diagonally corner to opposite corner. (Don't clip the thread when it is all the way through.)

3. Grab another sandwich and feed it through. Keep doing this until the stack is gone.

4. Clip the threads now between each of the sandwiches you just sewed through.

5. Stack them up again

6. Chain stitch the other line of the "X" on your sandwiches.

7. Clip apart again.