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How to Make a Rag Quilt – An Easy, Cozy Beginner-Friendly Tutorial

May 27, 2025 by Anne Weaver

If you love the idea of making a beautiful, snuggly quilt but feel intimidated by traditional quilting techniques, a rag quilt is the perfect project to start with! This easy-to-follow tutorial walks you through the process of creating a soft, frayed-edge quilt that is not only cozy but also incredibly forgiving for beginners.

Rag quilts are made with layers of fabric sewn together with exposed seams, which gives them that unique, rustic, and well-loved look. They’re great for using up fabric scraps, and the best part? No intricate piecing or precision cutting required! With just some basic sewing skills, fabric, and a little patience, you’ll have a handmade quilt that looks store-bought.

This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from choosing fabrics to assembling and finishing your quilt. You’ll also learn pro tips to make the fraying process easier and how to wash your quilt for that perfect, fluffy texture. Whether you’re making one for yourself, as a baby gift, or for cozy home décor, a rag quilt is a fun, stress-free project you’ll love.

So grab your fabric, scissors, and sewing machine, and let’s get quilting!

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Use LEGOs to Build Landmarks from Around the World

I love using LEGOs and other blocks in educational ways, because it’s a way to build on something that most kids already love and sneak in a bit of learning about another topic. Building is a great STEM lesson because it teaches creative thinking and problem solving, and it’s also just fun. 

123 Homeschool 4 Me brings blocks to your social studies or history lessons with a set of LEGO challenge cards involving landmarks of the world. The cards don’t call for any particular blocks, they just show a picture of the landmark and kids can use what they have to try to re-create the design. 

The cards included in the set are: 

  • Taj Mahal, India
  • Windmills, Holland
  • Brandenburg Gate, Germany
  • Eiffel Tower, France
  • Notre Dame, France
  • Arc de Triumphe, France
  • Sagrada Familia, Spain
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
  • Colosseum, Italy
  • Stonehenge, United Kingdom
  • Big Ben, Great Britain
  • Blue Domed Church, Greece
  • Acropolis, Greece
  • St Basil’s Cathedral, Russia
  • Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
  • The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
  • Statue of Liberty, United States of America
  • Golden Gate Bridge, USA
  • Capital Hill, USA
  • Mount Rushmore, United States
  • Great Wall of China, China
  • Sydney Opera House, Australia
  • Machu Picchu, Peru
  • Chichen Itza, Mexico

You can use these challenge cards in lots of different ways. Of course you can just tuck them in the block are and see if kids want to play with them. You can also add them to a unit where you are learning about that country or a particular time period where the landmark makes sense to include. Have kids do a little research on the landmark, build their own version and present their findings. 

I would love to try some of these challenges, and I’ll bet your kids will, too. You can grab the free printable landmarks LEGO challenge cards from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. I’d love to hear how you use them!

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