Joining batting to make larger piece
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Central NM
Posts: 1,596
I've been using this for a long time and just love it. Need to use a damp pressing cloth.
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B0ught mine at Quilt in a Day or Nancy's Notions.
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B0ught mine at Quilt in a Day or Nancy's Notions.
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 923
I use wide batting tape, but I use the overlap and cut method to get clean smooth edges. I actually like a bit of a wave in my edges so there isn’t a straight line anywhere, just in case. This means I use a number of small pieces of batting tape instead of one long one, but it is easy.
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alturas, CA
Posts: 9,393
I have used the batting tape for 100% or 80/20 just a couple of times, poly batting I sew in a cross hatch method, have also done this a few times. I've measured and labeled all my scrap pieces and have made table runners, table toppers, hot pads and place mats with the smaller pieces, for the larger pieces I look in my MANY patterns for one with that approximate size and make that pattern. I have the scrap pieces in small plastic "boxes", with a scrap piece of paper on what sizes are in that box. I have made progress in using pieces but unfortunately, still have a lot to go. LOl
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,431
Batting tape is what I use for cotton or 80/20. The other is zig zagged. Really though I don't keep many batting scraps. The bin I have is full and I rarely use them. Most go in a pillowslip for the Humane Society to use for pet beds. They don't wash them so need a lot when the old ones get nasty.
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
Poly I zigzag so I don't melt the poly. wool I sometimes will hand stitch, sometimes fuse(depends on how densely I plan to quilt) and with cotton or cotton blend I use what I was taught was "French fuse", the woven, slightly stretching lightweight fusible that I buy by the yard and cut into 2" strips. It's a bit cheaper than buying the similar stuff as pre-cut roll for this purpose.
#19
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 847
45 x 36? Hmm....consider that most quilter's cotton is 42 wide and you could probably piece a simple QAYG strips of varying length in an afternoon.
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I'm just saying Project Linus and Quilts of Valor are always heart-warming charities...
#20
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 41,539
I usually use my rotary cutter to get a nice straight edge on both pieces I want to join, I butt the straight edges together and sew a large zig zag over them to join. Some people just cut strips of light weight interfacing to iron the pieces together rather then buy the tape.