Originally Posted by Flymy
Hi All!!
I'm a beginner quilter about to piece my first quilt together! I bought some warm and natural cotton backing in a queen size. However, when I layed the batting out it was huge, too large for a queen size quilt. Am I suspossed to layer the batting or just cut off the extra fabric? I don't know why there is a king size piece of backing for only a queen. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I always buy my batting much, much bigger than I need; usually in 5-7 yard sections. Then I simply cut it down to match the top I'm quilting. I always make sure I've got 3-5 inches of extra batting all the way around, depending on how big the quilt is since quilting it will draw some of the batting up. I save the rest of my batting for the next project.