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cotton and flannel??

Good evening everyone.

Ok, brainwaves are getting more frequent. I keep getting ideas. I am toying with an idea for a baby quilt and I have come up with Sunbonnet Sue. I know, nothing really earthshattering there. My idea basically is to enlarge a Sunbonnet Sue pattern that I like to about 400% and use it to make a single (very) large Sue on the center of a baby/crib quilt, perhaps using smaller Sues in the border. I have spent the last few days searching for fabrics I like and so far I've found several.

However,if I reduce all the fabrics I've found to the 5 I like best, I find that I have flannels and cottons together.

Is there anything wrong with combining flannels and cottons in the same quilt? Anything special I should look out for?

Any other words of wisdom/warning that I should heed?

Claudia (currently in the middle of a heavy but very welcome rainstorm in HOT Spain)

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claudia
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Preshrink the flannel *at least* three times with hot water/hot dryer, because it *will* shrink more than regular quilting cotton.

Regular quilting cotton will be "crisper" and flannel will be ...uh..."schmooshier" when you try to sew them together. Starching the flannel heavily before cutting it out (and washing the quilt after of course!) may help with this.

I think combining the textures would be great in a baby quilt!

Dragonfly (Pam)

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Dragonfly

Nicely done, Pam. You covered the question very well! I did wonder how Claudia might translate schmooshier en espanol. She'll find a way. Polly

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Polly Esther

Yeah, I was trying to figure out how to describe how flannel is the opposite of "crisp" and "schmooshy" was the only word I could think of! LOL!

Dragonfly (Pam)

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Dragonfly

Thanks Pam

I'll certainly remember to wash and dry the flannel on hot!

I love the word "schmooshy"!

Will not even attempt to change that into Spanish; if they want to use it, they'll have to use it as is!!!

Thanks

Claudia

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Claudia

Wash & dry it *three* times! It really does shrink a lot. :-)

Dragonfly (Pam)

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Dragonfly

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