Flannel Stars Quilt; Sophie's Big-Girl Bed Quilt

I love flannel. Maybe it's the Minnesota in me, but there's nothing that feels quite as snuggly and warm as flannel sheets on a cold night. Not long at all after learning to sew regular cotton quilts, I decided I'd like to tackle flannel. My flannel stars quilt was the result of that first experiment with working in flannel.

The quilt is actually not anything too special - it's a very simple three-rail block design. But somehow this quilt has become "my" quilt. It's soft yet lightweight, it's warm with its flannel batting, and it's not nice enough to care if I drag it everywhere, including outside. I love this quilt so much! It also has polar bears on the back. It's around a large twin size, which is a size we love at our house. I even sewed two pillowcases out of the leftover fabric!





We also made a flannel quilt for our goddaughter Sophie when she got her new big girl bed. Unfortunately, the quilt somehow got a little larger than we'd originally planned (not sure how that happened, actually). It was not meant to be a nice quilt or an heirloom of any sort, just a cuddly blanket that could be squished and dragged around and dirtied and washed and loved. She is such a spirited girl - the bright colors just remind me of her great spirit.




My goddaughter/niece, happily at work dyeing Easter eggs turd-brown.