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good information prism99 also the one recommending light interfacing- I have some to piece also and was afraid it would show in the finished product
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I put the two pieces on top of each other. Sew right along the edge of the fabric in a very long, very narrow blanket stitch. When you open it, there's no telling where it was pieced.
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Love your idea. I piece batting (always the same brand) all the time but never thought or knew about the curved cut. Makes a lot of sense. You are my good tip of the day. Thanks.
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The only caution I would make is to make sure the pieces are of similar batting. In other words, don't put cotton batting with polyester or of different thicknesses. I've done this successfully many times. I'm making a quilt that every block has it's own batting that I whip stitch to the next block, then quilt. It turns out very nice.
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I piece batting all the time but I'll have to try the interfacing. Do you use this method just for quilts that are decorative or for all of them.
Originally Posted by Shelley
I prefer EASY!
I use a very light weight fusable interfacing, like what we sometimes used for garment making. Cut it into strips, 2-3" wide. Lay the edges of the batting together, use the IRON to fuse them together. No wrestling under the machine! When you have an available 40% off coupon, you can get yards of this for about $.60 per yard. Great stuff to have around. I also use the light weight fusable interfacing as a stabilizer for t-shirt quilts - iron a piece bigger than what your final square will be, then trim shirt and fusable to the correct size. |
I used Shelley's tip for interfacing on my grandson's quilt. It is a stacked coin with white stripping in the middidle. You could not tell I had pieced the batting. It felt great to be able to use up a couple odd sizes of batting.
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Gwyn, You put batting in a Cathedral Window?? It must weigh a ton!!!
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Hi Shelley, what a great idea and I am really happy to be using it. It works really good and so easy. Thanks, Lilly. |
my books for quilting in sections, all reccommend piecing battings. You actually cut the batting in sections, on purpose, and later, you join them back together, using the wavy cut method, to camoflage. I like the idea of using the pellon or interfacing, too. Will save me bending over to whipstitch. :D
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Originally Posted by Shelley
I prefer EASY!
I use a very light weight fusable interfacing, like what we sometimes used for garment making. Cut it into strips, 2-3" wide. Lay the edges of the batting together, use the IRON to fuse them together. No wrestling under the machine! When you have an available 40% off coupon, you can get yards of this for about $.60 per yard. Great stuff to have around. I also use the light weight fusable interfacing as a stabilizer for t-shirt quilts - iron a piece bigger than what your final square will be, then trim shirt and fusable to the correct size. |
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