Originally Posted by maryb119
I use Warm and Natural batting. I save the left over pieces and then I cut the edges straight and butt them together and use the three step zig zag stitch to stitch them together. The three step zig zag is a stitch the looks like a zig zag but has three stitches one way and then three stitches the other way. The edges lay flat without a "ridge" that a regular zigzag leaves. Once the item is quited. you can't tell it it was joined together or not. Why wast good batting?
I, too, use scraps of batting, especially for my mini-quilts or wall-quilts. But I sew the straight edges of the scraps by hand using large basting stitches in a running overcast stitches. Then, when I am at the end, I simply open up the piece, gently pulling apart until the edges butt up. If you stitch loosely, not sewing too tightly together, it will lay flat without any overlapping of the edges. I do this while watching t.v.