Thread: Batting pieces

I am off to Joann's this week end for their big Columbus Day sale. I thought it would be a good idea to clean my sewing room before bringing in another piece of fabric. I found I have a lot of pieces of Warm and Natural batting that could be pieced together. What product should I buy and what works the best for this or should I just zig zag stitch it together?? What have you done?

There is a tape at Joann's that is for piecing batting. I have never used it. I keep my pieces of batting for rag quilts. Also there is bag patter by Aunties Two that calls for strips of batting. I made a small bag and I will be making the big beach tote when I collect more long pieces. From all the bags I made that one gets the most compliments. It is called Baly Island Hobo http://www.auntiestwo.com/pattern.html

Originally Posted by Tashana

There is a tape at Joann's that is for piecing batting. I have never used it. I keep my pieces of batting for rag quilts. Also there is bag patter by Aunties Two that calls for strips of batting. I made a small bag and I will be making the big beach tote when I collect more long pieces. From all the bags I made that one gets the most compliments. It is called Baly Island Hobo http://www.auntiestwo.com/pattern.html

I quilt as I go (large sections) and use Heat Press by Jeanne Harwood Designs and it works great. I do try to make sure I do some quilting over the taped areas for extra support.

I use batting remnants for my QAYG projects. Those long strips are perfect for the borders.

In the past when I have had smaller pieces (such as 6 or 7" squares), I have donated them to my LQS. They like to get them to use in classes for practice of machine quilting.

As far as piecing larger pieces together, I have simply zigzagged them together, but I have friends who use a seam tape.

I've used larger scraps of batting in several quilts. All I do is loosely hand baste them together. Figure the actual quilting will keep everything where it needs to be.

The smaller pieces I save for pillows and stuffed animals.

I have used double sided sticky tape, iron it on and it works great. I then hand quilt and so far after many washings it has not "shifted". I have also used the zig-zag basting of the two parts. Like some others here on the board, I have used the smaller pieces for the craft projects.

The light weight tricot interfacing is the best. I've done zigzagging and the feather stitch but they always cause the batting to not lay flat.

Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn

I use a lightweight tricot interfacing. I have a large amount of this left over from garment sewing days. I just cut it into strips and fuse the 2 pieces of batting together. It is really cheap at Joann's - probably around $3 or $4 yard. So much cheaper than the batting tape! Or you can just zig zig the pieces together.

This is what I do. I have a very lightweight fusible that is 45" wide. I cut it in 2" or 3" strips and then fuse the batting together. Then I use my largest stepped zig zag to go down the center to help reinforce it. Works great, and I have been getting rid of lots of batting scraps.