Denim and Homespun Rag Quilt Tutorial Part 6

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Part 6 Wow, guys and gals! We made it!!!  When I thought I had all the seams of my quilt snipped, I laid my quilt down on the floor in the living-room and went back over every seam again, one by one, to be sure I hadn't missed any.  I then threw the quilt in the washer. I set the washer to super load, heavy dirt, and cold water... simply because I hate to pay for hot water.  OMG! The strings. I knew it would be bad, and I needed to go to the laundry mat, but it just wasn't working out for me since the closest one is about 20 minutes away. Once the machine had spinned out the wash cycle I opened the lid and wiped the strings out of the machine. Then after the rinse cycle I had to do the same. There were handfuls of string. Take my advice... go to the laundry mat!  Now that the quilt was washed, there were 50 million strings covering every square inch of the quilt. I took it out on the porch and shook it about a thousand times over the edge to get the strings off. Seriously I shook it til I thought my arms would fall off. It did a fair job, so I tossed it in the dryer. I set the dryer on auto cotton and optimum dry. Every 5-10 minutes I would go in and clean out the lint trap. Tons and tons of lint and string. I'd day I got a good 6 handfuls out before the quilt was dry.  Once the quilt was dry, it still had strings on it. I took the quilt back onto the porch and shook it some more, then again, and again.  Finally I brought the quilt back into the house spread it out on the floor and cut the excess strings off of both sides.  Here is the finished quilt:

I put the quilt on my son's twin bed just to take a picture. I'll get a better picture once the sun isn't so bright.

My quilt is made of 8.5 inch squares. 10 down and 10 across. I made it to be used on the couch, but it is a little wide. I could have went 9 down and 9 across to make it fit perfectly, but it is still nice. *IF* you were going to make one for a twin size bed I would probably do 12 down and 12 across.

So, there you have it! Whatcha think?

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, have learned a few things, and will share the photos of your quilts with me.

Have a wonderful day, God Bless!

Alana Jo