Originally Posted by
dray965
I have been quilting for about a year, making mostly lap quilts. I am beginning to collect quite a few batting scraps of various sizes that I plan to sew together to re-use.
I'm beginning to feel swamped in batting. They are taking up a LOT of my room in my storage closet. Any ideas on how to corral all of that? I can hardly get in there anymore.
My second question is: Since I make mostly lap quilts, I really don't know what size to by in batting.
There seems to be no batting size for the varying lap-quilt sizes. I'm only finding crib-size, standard/queen, king.
So I have to but 2 crib sizes together, or cut up the others...giving me lots of odds and ends of batting.
Anyone know where I can buy just lap-quilt sizes..or anything close to them? The crib is usually around 46 inches wide and most of mine are 48, 51, 53, 56, etc. in widths.
Thanks in advance.
As for storing, Someone on the board mentioned making a list of the sizes of batting, then place batting pieces and list in a space saving bags (the ones that use a vacuum to draw out the extra air) You would be surprised at how little space the batting would require.