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Thank you everyone for your help and advice! I finished the quilt before Christmas, and it is just wonderful. My son loves it. I probably won't use heavy denim for the front & back of future quilts - its terribly heavy to work with and was even more difficult to wash and dry....AND dry. I finally had to take it to our local dry cleaners so that she could dry it in her huge dryer, the local laundromat dryers just tumbled with low heat for 2 hours, and it was still wet. The finished size is 91 X 77 (The starting blocks were 8.5, with a 3/4" inch seam allowance) and I had used 7" blocks of fleece as batting. Again, thank you all!!!!!!!!



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I'm now planning on making a rag quilt with different stonewashed denims (burgundy, green, black, blue & khaki) for the front, and identical colors in corduroy for the back. Does anyone have any tips on making this one? I plan on using a black plaid flannel as the batting - having exposed seams to the front. Does anyone have tips on using corduroy?

Sorry, I can't help you with the corduroy question, I have never used corduroy in any of my quilts. Maybe you could make a sample block and wash it a couple of times and see what happens. I do that when I am not sure how a fabric will work out in my quilts.

I love your denim quilt, it really turned out nice.

I made a denim quilt for my grandson when he was born, but I never thought of making it into a rag quilt. I used my serger to do the seams and I added a flannel backing. I unstitched the pockets from the jeans and then stitched them on coordinating blocks so they could be used to hide toys. It was so heavy that I just tied it instead of quilting it.

That is really a cute quilt SewSew. Love those pockets! I never though t of making a sample block as a test run - but will do that. And if I can use corduroy, I'm wondering if it will be as hard to handle as the pictured denim quilt. That was a monster to handle, but it was my fault for using heavy denim for front and back....however, I was anticipating that it would really take a beating in a boy's dorm room at college, plus he's still got 3 more years of school. I'll do the test run and let you know how it goes. The corduroy that I've already purchased is 100% cotton. Keep ya posted!

Karen sounds cool can't wait to hear how it turns out.
Carin

I used cordoroy to make my son a quilt many years ago and then apllicaed different male things like a fishing pole and fish, baseball etc. Lasted quite a few years with a young man not taking good care of it.

Did you have to handle the corduroy differently than you would denim homegirl? Was it a rag quilt or did it have bound edges? I was just curious if the corduroy will rag like denim does.

I love the pictures of the quilts! Nice job KarenM. That looks like a beautiful quilt. I think it'll hold up quite well to life in the dorm!! The cordouroy idea sounds really good. I like that it;s soft and it has texture too. I wonder if it'll fray into tiny bits of fuzz or just rag out?? A sample block would be really helpful.

Oh and I like the idea of cutting off the pockets and re-sewing them on. I wanted to include pockets but with all of the rivets and the waistband so near to the top of the pocket I wasn't sure how to do it. From now on I'll cut and save the pockets.

Has anyone used the "stretch" denim in a quilt? A lot of my jeans are that way. I have some old "real" denim to cut up but also some nice light blue strech ones. I think they have 5% lycra on them or something. They are not as heavy.

Lynn the stretch denim wont rag like the regular denim

Thanks to all of you for your pictures and ideas. Pockets are so neat!