It is the first in the Quilty Love Stash Buster series coming out over the next few months. I am so excited about this quilt pattern. Let me tell you about the Lucky Log Cabins quilt pattern! Don’t be surprised if your flannel or linen quilt comes out of the dryer several inches shorter on each side! I’m hesitant to wash this one for the first time because I know it’s going to shrink…lol. I really thought Essex Linen frayed worse than this flannel as I was working with it and I always sew Essex linen at 1/4 inch without issues.īoth linen and flannel will shrink quite a bit when they are washed so that also could be why having a larger seam allowance is recommended. I pretty much sew everything at 1/4 inch and rarely prewash. Quilters weighed in on this post on Instagram and most have had zero issues using a 1/4in seam allowance on flannel! So that is good news! Most quilters have had no issues using a 1/4 inch seam allowance on flannel I honestly don’t really recommend that for this pattern. It’s just going to get really tight since you need the entire width of fabric. No big deal though! Or you could cut larger to compensate for the 1/2in seam allowance. So just a word of warning if you want to make the same quilt… You could use a 1/2 inch seam allowance and leave all measurements as is but then your blocks will all be smaller. I did use a really small stitch length (1.8) and reinforced my half square triangle seams with an extra basting stitch. I have no idea what that means for the future of this quilt but I pretty much sew everything at a 1/4in. I’m going to warn you guys that I did not use a 1/2in seam allowance on this flannel. Flannel tends to fray (and shrink) more than a quilting cotton does. I believe I also kept most of the purples out.Ī lot of quilters sew flannel with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. You can see I tried to stick with the softer colors from the bundles. In the end the blues, teals and pinks became dominant colors preventing it from looking too much like a hot mess…lol.īelow are the 20 fat quarters I used from both the Warm and Cool Robert Kaufman Mammoth junior bundles. It did come together and turned into a really pretty cozy flannel quilt. But experience tells me that it always looks better in the end so I kept sewing.Īs soon as this flannel quilt top was done and I stepped back and took a photo I got excited. I almost didn’t finish it because I wasn’t sure I would like how it turned out. I was apprehensive the entire time I was sewing up this quilt. But wouldn’t it be pretty to make a quilt with just the warms or just the cools!? You could easily make a small throw size Lucky Log Cabins quilt with just one bundle or even a medium size throw if you add in an extra fat quarter! I wanted to make the large throw size of Lucky Log Cabins so I needed fat quarters from both bundles. Can you really mix all of these flannels together without it looking like a hot mess? The bundles themselves looked so pretty so I went for it and started mixing! To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to do with them. Robert Kaufman Mammoth jr COOL flannel bundle Robert Kaufman Mammoth jr WARM flannel bundle Robert Kaufman has released a few new mammoth junior flannel fat quarter bundles recently and I ended up with a warm and cool bundle. Let me tell you about this Mammoth flannel junior Lucky Log Cabins quilt. I suspected it would end up in the regular quilt rotation and it sure has! So yes, this one really is my favorite! As I was sewing up this mammoth flannel quilt I knew it was going to actually get used around here. Lucky Log Cabins is the first in the Quilty Love Stash buster series and you can find it in my shop here. Now I know I’ve said this a few times in the past but this one really is my favorite quilt.lol. Today I am sharing the Robert Kaufman Mammoth Junior Flannel Lucky Log Cabins quilt.
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