to this..

i still have a stack in my sewing room..but if i don't take care of this mess, i will continue to go buy batting,instead of using up what i have..

the narrow ones,scarfs for the homeless shelter,just put flannel on front and back. (stitch and flip style)

mug rugs and small projects, and baby quilts..

just zig zag them together..

great idea!

i was bored, raining outside..and no projects that HAVE to be done right away...lol

Thanks for sharing!

I have batting scraps too,I bought the iron on tape to join them but haven;t tried it yet.

way to go...getting organized

I sure would love to have you for a neighbor! I would bake pies for you while you worked on my stuff :D:D

WOW Do you want to come and do mine too?? I need to do the same thing!! Thanks for the motivation. :)

good idea

Great idea! I have a whole basket of scraps!

Great inspiration! I am currently organizing all of my fabrics...now batting is on that list. LOL. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, you are so organized! So clever to add the measurements! Thanks for the idea! It's so easy to do this after every project.

the width measurements are just so i know what i need to get it to a certain size...

as for the lengths,well, i can easily join them together as i need them for the length.

i got one crib size finished already. 45" x 60". :thumbup:

I love your furbaby!!! :D

Great idea! it's nice to know what we have :)

I always piece my batting scraps together and use them for smaller projects. I can't afford to waste them.

what a great idea

Great idea!

Great ideas, I see you had some help flattening that piece on your bed. Question: how wide do you generally make the scarves?

finished another one! yippee!

56 x 76

Thats is a great idea. I have a whole tub of the same thing. I know what Im going to do after I finish this quilt in process. thanks for sharing.

Now I know what to do with those containers of batting scraps I won't give up. The LQS is selling bags of batting scraps too so if mine don't make the size I need, I'll just go get some of hers. Great idea

Thank you tons for sharing. I need to get started doing this. I have been much better at using the fusible tape to put smaller batting pieces together....fast and easy.

haven't tried the tape, if Joanns was to sell it and i could use a coupon,i may try it..but never had a problem with the way i do it..the bigger pieces i had, i squared them up,and put them back away, for table toppers, or other projects.i got a lot done with the batting yesterday..so happy!

Okay, now you have given me something else I need to do "in there"! Being a longarm quilter, I always have a strip left over at the end (if I am lucky) and the customer never wants it. I pile it in a corner and now my corner is about 6 feet high.
As for those times when there isn't enough batting at the end of a quilt...the tape works great! I grab a slice of batting from my corner and fuse two together....not sure how I made it before the fusing tape...it was a nightmare. I bought a cordless steam iron and that has also made fusing the tape to the batting a real breeze.
I love organization, and I love organized people....I just wish I were one!
Michelle

Yep, just what I do with my leftovers--I seem to use them up especially on charity quilts. Can aford to make them this way.

i also used up a bunch of half used bobbins while doing this!

Thanks for sharing ... great idea!

Great idea. I keep the remnants when I trim up a quilt that I get back from the long-arm quilter. I use the remnants to practice FMQ.

that's what I do with my leftovers...I am a longarmer, so I gets lots of scraps...to expensive to ust toss aside!!

You can also cut leftover lightweight fusible into strips and use it instead of the tape.

I'm very impressed with how organized you are. I save my batting pieces also, larger pieces in one place and smaller bits in another, but I never seem to do anything with the smaller bits. I make mostly large quilts, and buy 90" W&N on the bolt, so almost always have to add something to get to the size I need. I wish JoAnn's sold wider W&N on the bolt!

my theory is I pay lots of good $$ for it, I am gonna use it. in quilts, pillows, small things, you name it. but anyway you look at it, it doesn't go to waste.

Come on over and we can do mine too. :lol:

I like the idea of the scarves out of flannel. May do that with some of my scraps and send them to Pine Ridge in the next box I send out. :lol:

I did the same thing yesterday...measured, folded and labeled all my odds and ends of batting. The smaller ones I zig-zagged together for potholders and coasters. Sure made a difference in the wire basket I use for that! I was pleasantly surprised at the number that could be used for baby quilts and my doll/mini quilts. I had been using my JoAnn coupons and getting 5 yards of Warm and Natural at a time when I had a little extra money. I had bags scattered here and there!! So I got one of those tubes that decorator fabric is rolled on....rolled on all the batting, covered it with an extra long pillowcase made of muslin and now it stands behind the door, ready when I need it.

...and I could borrow her when she's finished at your house.

It's so nice to be orginised. Wish I was.

Very nice and a smart way to get organized Kim!

I need to do the same with my scraps. I also just zig zag them together. Good idea for the skinny pieces for scarves for the homeless!! Good way to use left over flannel too!!

Wow I'm impressed!

if you are ever in Kent in the UK please call on me x