Do many of you quilters keep your batting scraps?
#2
the easiest way is to use the new "batting tape". Available at Hancock's or Connecting Threads, just about any quilt type place. Around $7 a roll.
Or place the pieces together and zig zag with the biggest stitch you can do.
Or place the pieces together and zig zag with the biggest stitch you can do.
#3
I keep them all.....so far have been able to use most of the larger ones and pieced a couple of smaller ones together....works quite well with the tape or sewing, have done both....i absolutely refuse to throw anything usable like that away!
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I save my scraps if at least 2-3 feet wide. I also use them in table trivits along with insul-brite. I join them together with Heat Press Batting Together. I use a press cloth to make sure nothing melts. That way takes a little steam and a bit longer than directed. http://heatpressbattingtogether.com/
#6
I keep all my batting scraps and if they are really small, I use them for Xmas tree ornaments or extra padding behine an applique motif-you just never know when a scrap will be handy. Larger pieces i have joined together and used for larger quilts. I am probably one of the most thrifty quilters around-and always looking for ways to "re-purpose" everything from empty plastic strawberry containers and the like to empty paper towel rolls! In Vanuatu, since you couldn't get much stuff you needed, and what you could get was either really expensive or just plain really cheap quality. Besides, I paid for every inch of that batting, so I plan to use it! How's that for cheap!!
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I save anything bigger than a 2 inch strip. For most battings I just but the edges and use a wide large zig zag stitch. For the poly battings , sometimes the foot get caught in the batting, I will use a skinny piece( 1/2 inch) of tissue paper over the area the foot is riding on . Then either pull it off or .. I have been known to leave in in depending on the project.
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