Batting scraps, keep or throw out?
#153
Originally Posted by mom2boyz
Originally Posted by quilting librarian
I saw an interesting QAYG (quilt as you go) method where the sewist used a backing fabric square, strips of scrap batting placed on the backing, and then the top string pieces, laying in the opposite direction of the batting strings. So now I am saving my strips of batting...
#155
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I use my batting scraps to make dog beds. I have two little jack russells that love to tear up their pillows. I'm always making new pillows for them. I use my batting as well as my fabric scraps. I belong to a sewing group and we save our scraps and make dog beds for the local dog shelter.
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Originally Posted by mom2boyz
I am just finishing my 3rd pieced quilt so I am definitely a newbie. I have learned so much from this site and am addicted to checking the boards once or twice a day. I love the creative and beautiful ways people have used fabric scraps but what about the batting. I have quite a bag full of strips approx 2" wide plus odds and ends from other projects. What do you do with them? They definitely take up space. Thanks for any suggestions.
#160
Originally Posted by subyz
I don't keep a lot of the 2" variety but 6" or over I do keep. To me, an easier way of joining pieces is to press fusible tricot (knitted nylon dressmakers' interfacing that I pick up on sale at Joann's). I cut the fusible tricot into two inch wide strips and press approximately one inch onto each side of the batting I am fusing. It is so lightweight, there is no bulge and it's quicker than zigzagging the edges. I use this method anytime I have to supplement the width or length of batting. I almost always buy the largest piece of batting I can when it's on sale and have relatively large 'scraps' leftover.
Plus the dog beds for the local dog shelter sound like a wonderful thing to do! Would love to know more about it :thumbup:
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