Thread: has anyone tried using newspaper as batting?
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Old 12-31-2011, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by kellen46 View Post
This is a tried and true technique. I made several of these when I first started quilting and money was tight. The newspaper mostly just dissolves away.
i'm curious since you have used this method, once the paper batting is washed it dissolves how do these quilts hold up over time? i have washed my jeans with paper left in the pockets and it either wads up in a hard pieces and disintegrates. i cannot imagine that this can be any sort of lasting batting and the quilt ends up being just two pieces of fabric with paper fragments or mush inside. how does this work?

i like the idea of using clothing inside the quilt as batting. i have a bunch of tshirt knit fabric that i can use in donation quilts. it should add a another layer of warmth to the quilts. repurpose, repurpose. glad i find another use for all of that knit fabric. i was selling it on eby.
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