Originally Posted by danade
I don't understand how sweatshirts could possibly be used as batting--wouldn't the sleeves, hoods, etc. just make huge bumps and valleys in the finished quilt? How would you join them together to make a flat batting? Old blankets,mattress pads and so forth sound great and surely it would usually be possible to find them at garage sales, Goodwill/Salvation Army, thrift stores.
Dana
Cut out the front and back flat areas to whre you have even squares, slpice it together with the zig zag stitch, don't over lap! Of course you'd have to have enough old sweats to be able to have enough for the size quilt you need. Use the rest of the shirt for dust rags. It really works. If they are well used then you dont have to worry whether or not if they'll shrink with the tops.