How to Make A Rag Quilt with the AccuQuilt Rag Die

hi I'm Lynne and I'm Pam and today we are going to learn all about rag quilts and I have never made a rag quilt and it's so easy to make using our right guys so today is kind of step by step and you can use any size right guy the process is still the same well I'm really excited to see how this goes together and you're going to teach us and we're going to start with the cutting excellent ok so this is our 8 and a half inch square rag dye and you'll notice that there are all that little fringe all the blades are right here which is so wonderful you don't have to cut that by hand those days of cutting with scissors are all gone we've also cut out the notches for the end so I can show you when we're done so a couple of pieces together I'm going to show you how to piece it together so they line up perfectly every single time great ok and typically with rag with rag quilts you use flannel a lot of people use flannel you do but you can use cotton or a combination of Cotton's some people use denim with flannel on the back whatever you have laying around this is a great way to use your scraps okay and then with flannel you still have to be concerned about the lengthwise grain you do always okay so we've got ours we've got our piece here that's cut on the cut on the lengthwise grain and we do not recommend that you cut any more than two layers of flannel and it's okay to start with two layers but if you have any problems then back it down to one layer right and the easiest thing to do is to put your fabric wrong sides together and cut two layers at one time so then you're already getting set up for the process right and when you're thinking about making a rag quilt we suggest you cut all your pieces first and then your batting so that you're ready to just take chain stitch and get it put together right away fast alright that sounds great also let's talk about mats for a minute here do we need to talk about them and this is the dye that's really going to tear up your mats it's going to use it because it has so many pieces to cut so you want to flip it and turn it like you normally do but you might want to order a couple of extra mats to use if you're making a big project right and that is normal that the you're going to wear out those mats a lot faster just because of the nature of the rag bag right okay so let's run it through now this guy is compatible with the go cutter and the go big cutter correct so the go big makes it even easier right you don't crank that handle just push it in Electric all the way but the go is just wonderful as well and then we just it just kept so nicely and then we're ready for the next step so the next step is so see how we've already cut our fringe which is just great then what you're going to want to do is you're going to open this up and put it in a piece of batting now these are six and a half inch squares that we cut in the 12 inch cube we also have a six and a half inch squared die if you own that so not only can you cut flannel and felt and denim but you can also cut batting with our go cutters so I'm just going to lay it right here in the middle just get it all lined up and see how perfect it lays in there because I've cut the batting perfectly and I've cut the red guy shapes themselves perfectly I'm going to lay it on top now quilters I would suggest you pin it because what we're going to do is we're going to sew an X through the middle of this that's going to anchor that batting in there so when you wash it it's not going to have that movement of batting because sometimes that happens with quilts so I'm just going to pin it over here on this side and I'm going to pin it over here on this side and then I'm going to show you real fast how we could just chain stitch right away now you'll notice here quilters that I have a piece of tape on my sewing machine what I've done is I've measured one inch from the edge of this fringe to right here and that's this that's the size that you want to sew at okay I was wondering about that right you don't want to sew right next to the fringe you'll kind of miss some of those stitches so one inch from the edge of the fringe so I took my little painters tape here and I marked where one inches on my sewing machine but right now before I sew them together I'm going to put that X so I want to sew from point to point so you could change stitch if you wanted to okay I know I love how easy it is yeah so that is that's great so you do actually so from one side to the other I do so I'm going to step my needle down right there at the corner and I can see because the squares are perfect I can see where the edges on the other side so I can just manipulate my machine to go right down to that next corner now Linz put a couple of other ones together for me so let's put one more together missing the pins though yeah let's pin it okay I'm a pin or you a pin er yes yeah it's important especially with the rag dyes filters because that flannels sometimes it shifts and moves so look I didn't even have to do anything I can just go now adhere to the next square so you can just sit here in chain piece for days it's great I don't like to n so so that's why yeah I'd rather spend a few minutes in pin then yeah see that and pick it out with here alright so now you can see how I've sewn these that first part of our X together so now I can take those pins out because we have the the batting is already set in here so now I'm going to turn it the other way so here's the one I just sewed mm-hmm and here's the other one that I just sewn alright so then you just go back then I just go back I start from the other corner I can see why these are so popular oh yeah it easy and so fast to make now sometimes quilters I know quilters that use this die with flannel and they don't put batting in between mm-hmm maybe you live in an area that's a little bit warmer you want that snug enos of flannel but you don't want to have the bulk of having that batting in between so try that see if that works for you right all right so now you can see how fast I sewed those X's but the X's there's a really important step so make sure you don't skip it then I'm going to cut my thread here cut my thread here and to that look so see now I have those perfect X's that's really going to hold my batting together yes now then the last step is that we want to sew the blocks together so you to put the backsides together so in this one it doesn't matter because the backs and the tops are the same but maybe you're using all one color on your back right right so you want to sew back sides together again I want to pin it and then I'm going to stitch one inch from the fringe so right along here I've marked it here on my sewing machine with a little bit of tape I'm going to put another pin right down here to make sure it doesn't shift while I sew it now I'm going to start right here at the edge because this we've cut those notches now look at it as a cue cool thinking of everything all right so I'm going to line it up here with my tape and I'm just going to start and so okay so that's nice the the fringe really stays off to the side it does and that's what you want yes that's what you want and I'm going to take it here I'm going to take my pins out and now look how great that is and we don't we took out all that cutting with your scissors part wow that's that's wonderful the last thing that we need to well there's a couple more things we need to talk about I want to talk about cleaning out your dye really quick and we have one here that you can tell this is what your dye is going to look like after you've cut an entire project right you're going to see where all those threads have collected they're in the edges and that's normal exactly wear and tear on these dyes yes and with your go cutter or if you get this dye pick that's what this little tool is called but you can also purchase these separately you want to have this on hand and then you also I recommend a tweezer right and then also a lint roller is a good idea and you are going to you know at the end of your project it's a great idea to clean out clean out your rag dye right because what you're going to find Lynn is that when it's done it's not going to cut as cleanly if you haven't cleaned up those threads right so find a good movie prop your feet up get your dye pick and do a little maintenance right and so for all you're going to do just take the the edge of that pick you just kind of run it run it up against the the corners of the foam and those fabric pieces will come right out then you can take your tweezers or your lint roller right and and then you just go on to the next one great perfect okay and then what about washing this when it's done what I would suggest you to you because you know all these edges are going to fray I would take it to a commercial laundry mat and run it through the washer for the first time make sure when you pull it out of the washer you shake and shake and shake and shake it because again you're going to get lots of those little threads throw it in the dryer on low to medium heat let it again you're going to get lots of those threads when you're done make sure you shake it out and then I'll be ready to go and they call that blooming right looming yes right welcome to loom your quilts so wow what a wonderful project and I think that this is I can seal with a flannel it's just so cuddly and a great if too it is so you can we have many rag quilt patterns that you can download on a quilt calm great and you'll also want to check us out on Pinterest Facebook Instagram and Twitter also we'd love to see your finished projects so go to a cool calm to the ideas page and be sure and post we'd love to see what you did at aqua cult we help you cut time to quote more

Channel: AccuQuilt

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Keywords: Rag Quilt, AccuQuilt, Pam Heller, Lynn Gibney, hand cramping

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Length: 10min 13sec (613 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 04 2016