Recipe for a wool filled quilt


Poppy and DeNozo


 

1. Start with a few Shetland sheep.  Add green grass and sunshine. 











2. Stir in some late summer apples.

they love apples!

3. Add generous amounts of hay during the long Maine winter. 

waiting for spring

4. Shear in the springtime!

Gibbs' fleece

DeNozo and Gibbs after shearing

5. Gently wash the fleece by hand in buckets, spread out in the sun to dry.  


a good drying day


6. Clean the fleece by picking and then carding into fluffy batts.

drum carder ready to roll

batt weighing in

Stash of batts




7. Spread out cotton fabric on a table, and layer the wool batts over the cotton.



unbleached muslin & wool



8. Lay the top fabric piece over the wool, measure and tie by hand. 



tying a small muslin  lap quilt
9. Finish the edges. 

I use a 1919 Singer treadle machine!


10. Ready for a little nap!

small muslin lap quilt, or "nap quilt"



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