Opinion-how to join batting scraps
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Opinion-how to join batting scraps
I have collected two large totes of batting strips left over from quilts. I have trimmed and squared them up. Now what is the simplest way to put all the pieces together? Zig zag stitch on the sewing machine or would just a simple whip stitch by hand be sufficient?
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Another hint that I was taught ... don't feel you have to make all your joins on the square. Most of our patterns are straight lined, so instead if your join is on a diagonal, then it will not end up running along another seamline. Plus if you have limited quilting, you are more likely to get the join quilted in better.
Just make sure that your pieces that you are butting together have straight edges. I usually do that by laying one overtop of the other, slicing with the rotary cutter .... and then doing the zig zag to join them.
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