cotton and flannel??

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Good evening everyone.Ok, brainwaves are getting more frequent. I keep getting ideas. I amtoying with an idea for a baby quilt and I have come up with SunbonnetSue. I know, nothing really earthshattering there. My idea basicallyis to enlarge a Sunbonnet Sue pattern that I like to about 400% anduse it to make a single (very) large Sue on the center of a baby/cribquilt, perhaps using smaller Sues in the border. I have spent the lastfew 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, Ifind that I have flannels and cottons together.Is there anything wrong with combining flannels and cottons in thesame 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 HOTSpain)

Dragonfly · Accepted Answer

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)

Polly Esther · Answer

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

Dragonfly · Answer

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)

Claudia · Answer

Thanks PamI'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 useit, they'll have to use it as is!!!ThanksClaudia

Dragonfly · Answer

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

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