salvaged blanket......

Last winter, one of the secretaries at school gave me a couple bags of fabric. It was cut up into big 12 inch squares, along with some old blanket, too. She was working on a quilt of some sort, but lost interest in it. I told her I would take her "junk" and it sat in the back of the car for months. I finally got it out when I was packing the car for camping.
There was flannel and fleece.

I cut the squares smaller and started making a rag quilt. I had never done one. Her cut up blanket was set aside and I used regular batting. I needed to add some cheap flannel that I had laying here for the backing.
It took awhile to get everything clipped.
When I was finished clipping, I brushed it all with my hands and took it outside to shake the crap out of it.
Then I (gasp) ran it through my own washer. It left a bunch of stringy clips, I wiped them out and haven't had any problems with the washer since doing this. I did take it outside again and shook it some more. Tons more of the stringy clips came flying out. Then I dried it.

This is an awful picture, I know. The squares are about 5 inches. The secretary was so surprised. She didn't expect to get anything back. She thinks it will be perfect for football games this fall (it is kid sized for her young kids)....and it is our new school colors!