Desert Rag Quilt

When our girl was home for a visit this summer, she requested a flannel rag quilt. My MIL made her one when she was 9 and it is beyond tattered, but she still has it. 😂 About 5 years ago I mentioned it to my MIL and she pulled another one out and I told her that would be the perfect Christmas gift for our girl. She takes it everywhere. She drug it through grad school and on every school roadtrip, it followed her to her new job and she has taken it to every convention and business road trip - whether they traveled by van, car, or private jet. 😂 As you can imagine, it too is wearing thin. So she put in a new request and I let her look over some options. She chose a bundle of desert inspired fat quarters. These are Woolies Flannels by Bonnie Sullivan for Maywood Studio and she chose the teal for the backing:

DH has spent a few days helping the neighbors wean calves in October and I took advantage of the free time  to cut and stitch:

I cut the big squares 7" and then stitched the 2 1/2" square on top. 

I then centered a 6" square of batting between the top and back squares and stitched an X through the center before piecing the top

                               

Let the ragging begin! These old hands were very grateful for the invention of ragging snips

4 trips through the washer and dryer and much cleaning of the lint trap

and some trimming of the center squares to neaten up extra threads

                                             

And Skeet's seal of approval

This is my last quilt finish of the year

It finishes at 60x72

I love these warm, rich colors

And I hope this desert inspired palette brings a little bit of the dirt road to our girl

May you love this quilt as much as we love you Sprout!