Sewing the Squares

• 1). Cut your flannel fabric into six inch squares. This makes your final squares about four and a half inches square. A small quilt takes 96 six inch squares.
  
  
• 2). Cut your batting into 48 4-inch squares.
  
  
• 3). Lay a square of fabric right side down on your work area.
  
  
• 4). Center a square of batting on top of the square of fabric.
  
  
• 5). Lay another square of fabric right side up.
  
  
• 6). Pin all three layers together with a straight pin.
  
  
• 7). Repeat Steps 3 through 6 until you have 48 fabric sandwiches. Take all of the fabric sandwiches over to your sewing machine.
  
  
• 8). Sew a diagonal line across one fabric sandwich from corner to corner. Backstitch when you get to the corner of the square then continue sewing one inch past the edge of the fabric. Do not cut the thread when you finish sewing this line.
  
  
• 9). Sew diagonally across all of the sandwiches in the same way. Do not cut your thread between squares. This technique is called chain piecing because you end up with a chain of connected squares.
  
  
• 10
  
  Clip the strings between each pair of squares to separate them.
  
  
• 11
  
  Sew another diagonal line across each square in the opposite direction to form an "X" shape. Sew and chain piece all 48 squares the same way.
  
  
• 12
  
  Clip the strings to separate each pair of squares.
  
  

Constructing the Quilt

• 1). Lay two squares with their wrong sides together and pin.
  
  
• 2). Sew along one side of the squares using a 1-inch seam.
  
  
• 3). Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until you have 24 pairs of squares.
  
  
• 4). Sew pairs of squares together into straight rows of four using a 1-inch seam allowance. You should have 12 rows of four squares each. Keep sewing with the wrong sides of the fabric together to keep all of the ragging at the front of the quilt.
  
  
• 5). Sew two rows of four together to make a straight row that is eight squares long. Use a 1-inch seam and sew with the wrong sides of the fabric together. You should have six rows that are each eight squares long.
  
  
• 6). Pin and sew two rows of eight together along the long side of the row with the wrong sides together. Match the corners of the squares together and use a 1-inch seam allowance. You should have three pieces that are each eight squares long and two squares tall.
  
  
• 7). Pin and sew the three pieces together along the long sides. Keep using a 1-inch seam and sewing with the wrong sides of the fabric together. You should have a quilt that is eight squares long and six squares wide.
  
  
• 8). Sew all the way around the perimeter of your quilt with a straight stitch one and a half inches from the edge. This encloses the batting inside of the quilt.
  
  
• 9). Cut small fringes along each seam of the quilt. Make small cuts perpendicular to the edge of the fabric around the perimeter of the quilt and along each seam. Cut your fringes between one half and one inch long, but do not cut through any of your stitching.
  
  
• 10
  
  Wash and dry your quilt so that the fabric frays and “rags”. Clean your lint trap thoroughly after you dry your quilt the first time.