First I'll show the formal portrait of denim/flannel/corduroy number 2. I sewed the binding on last night and then washed and dried it. I should add to the discussion yesterday about the 6" shrinkage. That is both the amount that it pulls in from the quilting and then the shrinkage from washing. This one came out 58" x 73" so about the same amount of shrinkage. This type of quilting allows for a lot of puffing up which means it is pulling in from the sides and therefore becomes smaller. If I took it out of the dryer partially dried, laid it flat and smoothed it out to dry it would be larger.
All of the flannel triangles are sewn into squares but less than half have been pressed.
I mailed this journal cover to its new owner yesterday. It is made from the leftovers of the striped diamond quilt shown in progress here.
I showed the stash of flannel plaid strips in Sept. 2010. I just ran across them again and decided to use the 1.5" ones (top container) and make as many squares as I could. They are 8" so this would make a nice center for a baby quilt.
