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Old 01-10-2011, 09:37 AM
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Let's put our collective knowledge to good use: and share what we have done with those bits of batting, great and small. I've recently had the "Eureka" experience, when I grabbed some batting fragments to wrap my delicate Christmas decorations before putting them in their box. How about you? What do you do to repurpose, reuse, and recycle batting?
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Old 01-10-2011, 09:42 AM
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Stuffing for pincushions, pillows, small stuffed animals. I've also zigzagged the larger pieces together and made larger battings for quilts. But, yes, my Nativity is wrapped in batting. I also use a large piece of it under my Christmas Village and the village is wrapped in it too. Potholders and Fun & Done projects are on my list of uses also.
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Old 01-10-2011, 09:45 AM
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stuffing for doggy beds that I donate to the local shelters.
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Old 01-10-2011, 09:47 AM
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I use them for stuffing quite frequently. I have put them in stuffed animals, pin cushions, and homemade nursing pillows. I also use the larger scraps as soaker pads in homemade diapers.
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Small pieces I use as thread catchers and to clean my machines. Larger peices I use as quilt as you go projects or I sew them together to make larger battings.
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Join with zig zag and use for quilt as you go squares.
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Old 01-10-2011, 02:22 PM
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I used some to put in packages being mailed and in some right here to prevent breakage. Works great!!!!
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They are great for making snowpeople or snowpeople faces
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I don't have enough scraps to do anything with, but thanks for the ideas! I won't have a problem when I do have enough!
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I throw my small pieces into a box and when I am doing nothing I just snip them into bits and put into zip loc bags. I then use them for stuffing.
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