I spent 4 hours messing in my sewing room today! I had 2 full totes of scrap batting that was getting out of control! I tamed one tote. Pieced my scrap batting together and got enough batting for 8 charity baby quilts.

So how many tame their batting scraps or what do you do with them?

Yup, I do the same thing. And the little pieces I use for smaller projects.

If I don't have any small things planned, like pot holders, etc, I will piece them together too. If they are really small I save them for pillow stuffing.

I use it for baby quilt as well, but I also make placemate with the samll pieces. also good fillters for the fish tank to.

You can cut it up into much smaller pieces (with your rotary cutter) and use it for stuffing pillows, toys, etc.

Deedum, I also piece the smaller sections together for charity quilts or tablerunners. It's just another way for quilters to be resourceful!!! :)

I keep the quilts for The American Veterans Project churning with pieced, scrap batting!!!!

LOL>>> I"m not sure I'd know how to use a FULL piece of batting any more!!! LOL

I gathered all mine into one tote and will use the pieces to do all the placemats I am making for Christmas.

I used mine to make pincushions. I don't like to piece batting for quilts.

How do you piece the batting?

I give my small scraps to moma she makes biscuits quilts.
the larger pieces are for several projects, like potholders, mirowave mits, place mats, doll and doggie quilts. You name and I can find a use for it, LOL

I just saw a page where someone had 8 inch blocks of batting set aside for rag quilts... I wondered if you could put batting in a rag quilt. I will probably do this.

Any particular reason? I take my time and quite happy with the finish look when I am done. Works well for a scrappy quilt I think.

I cut them down to 8" squares for rag quilts. Have a rather large stash of them ready for the next rag quilt.

I piece them together by butting the edges up against each other and zig-zagging them. Then I used them for wall-hangings that I know won't be laundered very often.

JoAnne's has queen sized Nature's Touch 100% cotton batting on sale today and tomorrow for half price :D So I came home with two of them. I do have some large pieces of other batting that I will use in the quilt I'm currently working on.

No particular reason other than I don't have time to do all that piecing.

I do the same! It can get out of hand pretty quick though!

I havn't done it but it seems like you could do your QAYG squares which it how I wish I would have done my quilts.Then I wouldn't have a pile of tops lol.

I also use pieces for dusting and putting on the dry mop to do the floors. they work great!

I stack mine in a corner and glare at it every once in a while.

They make great squares for rag quilts. I have a few stacks ready to go!

wall hangings if small. Pieces. Larger i piece Rhein for quilts

I use them up in floor quilts for infants. Maybe a layer or two pieced together. Babies love them.

I am just now getting to the smaller pieces. They use great for smaller projects. I have always used the left overs

Uh oh. Let me get my trash bag on before you throw the tomatoes.

If it's less than 15" wide, I pitch it. I just don't have room to keep everything... No dedicated sewing room, I sew in the family room. If it's not big enough to make a placemat or runner, I don't keep it.

I piece the largest pieces for bats for scrap quilts and always have a bag of smaller pieces big enough for placemats or bags and the smallest ones I stuff in a bag for the Mennonite Relief Centre. They always find something to stuff.

I do like everyone else. I buy the batting bigger than I need so that I have left overs then I use it for smaller quilts. then if needed I piece it together to make a smaller quilt for dolls. If I still have some scraps left I have two pillows in the living room that still have an opening so I can put all the one inch pieces in. I like quilting, because nothing gets wasted. Most of my quilts are made from what ever material happens to be on hand. I don't think I have ever been able to make a quilt by going and purchasing the material all at once.

I do exactly that.It is too expensive to do otherwise.

I use Swifter sized pieces on my swifter. You can stretch pieces to fit. Saves money and is green too! I also use flannel sleeves from old shirts on the swifter.

I piece as much as I can, use that as far as it will go, then toss what ever is left in a small trash can to be used as stuffing for the pillows that go to the animal shelter. Nothing is wasted.

I put them in a tote or two with the intention of taming them. LOL

Same here and my pile is stacked to the ceiling!

I sew the larger pieces together for small quilts. The small pieces I use in hot pads, carriers and table runners,

I butt the two pieces of batting together and use my large zig zag stitch, it is the stitch the makes 3or 4 stiches each way, does that make sense... I see on some web sites now where there is a heat tape that you can use to bond them together not sure how good that works but am thinking about giving it a try , I too have tons of batting scraps.

Yep I put together for quilts potholders wallets pincushions padded handers pillows kids toys etc.

Yup I sew it together to make "new" batting. Some of the smaller pieces i use for making bags or other small projects. If it is very small it gets put into a bag to be use with fabric scraps as stuffing for a floor pillow.

I was at the Lowell Quilt Festival a few weeks ago and saw a demo on using scrap batting.
I haven't tried it yet, but I'll do my best to describe!
They had 'Batting Seam Tape' a fusible seam tape that is 1.5 in wide in 10 yd rolls.
then they cut the batting into 2.5 in strips, and cut scrap fabric into 2.5in strips, wr side to batting, fold like double fold bias tape, and sew (str stitch) down the middle.
Then cut to a desired length, and zigzag the sewn strips tog. The samples they had were made up into mug rugs, a lot of 'mug rugs' sewn tog to make a bathroom rug (alternating direction of strips), placemats and many other items.
Hope this gives you ideas!!
Carolyn

I do the same thing I sew them together smaller peices I use to insulate my air conditions and windows durning the winter time works pretty good!

Well, I just went to the waste basket to haul out my tiny pieces. I always sew the left-over pieces together, but have been trashing the really tiny ones. Thanks for the pillow suggestions. New stuffing now being collected, thanks to you smart, economically savvy folks.

Most of my ideas are already posted here, but I'll just add my 2 cents worth - I sew them together, use them for smaller projects, stuff them into cat toys, donate tiny snippets for animal beds.

I don't think a single piece of batting or fabric sees the trash can at my house. I can't afford to do that. Even if I had the money to burn, my conscience would be burning if I threw scraps away. Too many people/charities could use what I no longer find useful. It may take a bit of time and organization, but I believe every effort on every person's part to prevent landfill use matters.

when I started saving tiny snippets of fabric and batting to donate to a pet bed making charity, I was blown away by how quickly I filled up a container. (I'm talking SMALL pieces - less than 2 1/2 inches square.) My favorite QS takes them and passes them on. It is very easy to take a bag of scraps and set them in their back room when I shop. I feel like I am contributing something useful. As they say, "One person's trash is another person's treasure!"