Joining batting pieces
#24
Over lap the two pieces and cut a wavey line. The pull apart so they are not overlapping and sew together with a tight zig zag. That way you won't tend to have a straight line in your batting when you go to quilt. Hope that makes sense.
#25
I have been butting the edges of batting together and zig zaging it for years....my friends used to think I was nuts but I was just being frugal. Now with the invention of the new tape my life is "sew" much better. I love this new tape. Works like a charm.....you have to try it!!!
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tallmadge, OH
Posts: 5,120
Here's what the tape does:
Heat Press Batting Together
HEAT Press Batting Together is 1 1-2 inch cloth tape that will fuse two edges of batting together. It is soft, its thin, it stretches, its needle easy for hand or machine quilting.
Quilters - We do not have to sew the batting edges together anymore... we can fuse it.
Item no: heatpress_sgl
Item no: heatpress_sgl
Wholesale Price: $6.50 Each
Here's just one place you can get it: jhittlesewing.com
I've used it and like it. Almost everywhere I've seen it, it's the same price.
Heat Press Batting Together
HEAT Press Batting Together is 1 1-2 inch cloth tape that will fuse two edges of batting together. It is soft, its thin, it stretches, its needle easy for hand or machine quilting.
Quilters - We do not have to sew the batting edges together anymore... we can fuse it.
Item no: heatpress_sgl
Item no: heatpress_sgl
Wholesale Price: $6.50 Each
Here's just one place you can get it: jhittlesewing.com
I've used it and like it. Almost everywhere I've seen it, it's the same price.
#27
Originally Posted by Suedon
Any suggestions for the best way to join batting pieces so that they are wide enough to fit my quilt. The quilt is a 58" square and my batting is only 48" wide.
#28
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 195
I was taught to never use a straight line for basting the two pieces of batting together. Overlap the two pieces of batting about three inches and cut the two together in a gentle scallop curve all the way down, remove each small end piece and baste the two remaining big pieces together. I do it by hand. This will prevent showing a seam in the batting. Hope this makes sense.
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