did the same.

I use a zig zag stitch & sew mine together. Then on the smaller pieces I use for pot holders, hot pads or coasters, coolie cup covers anything you can think of!

how about zig zagging together w/invisable thread ?

I used the tape for the 1st time yesterday - it is great!

[quote=brushandthimble]overlap two pieces and cut with rotary cutter in a smooth large wave and zig zag together by butting the pieces together not overlapping the edges. never shows through.
THEN there is the fusiable joining, either with the new tape you can buy or I have cut thin strips of fusiable web and used that for wall hangings.[/qu
Fusing the pieces with 2 inch strips of fusiable interfacing. on both sides of the batting. I have made many quilts with that method and never had a problem with them after they have been washed.
JJane

no straight line in the quilt, blends in better and I have never been able to tell where I pieced the batting. Forget when or where I heard about doing it that way instead of the straight line I used when I first joined pieces.

I bought by the yard a fuiseable kind of a fabric. It's white and you iron the two pieces together, works great. You can by it pre cut in a pkg but it's too much money. By the yard is cheaper, I just cut it into strips and when I need it I just get it and iron the two together. I bought it at the Bernina store where they have fabric as well.

Thanks for the tip! That's a great way to store strips/scraps of batting; I'm going to give that a try. :lol: :-P

I butt the edges together, put the walking foot on my machine and use a wide zig zag to sew the batting pieces together, it works fine.

I have also been shown to cut large curves and the join the batting so the curves match and then zig zag, this also helps not to have a solid "bump" showing in the quilt. You can also try this! :?

This is what I do!

Recently heard the left over peices of batting are good to cut to size for the Swiffer. Did I hear that here? Then just spray your floor with a little something or spray the batting and dust.

What a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:

I guess I will have to try the walking foot; never thought of that! Thanks

Me too!! I love you guys. So willing to share.

You always need to have extra batting on edge for quilting to take up. Also What size is an acutal queen size bed? I had trouble using twin size batting for my twin size quilt even though the size of the batting should have fit. Batting measurement seems to be finished size of quilt so twin batting may not actually fit. Always buy extra

This is my favorite tip. I use them all the time, especially in the sewing studio where the dust buunies are huge. I don't spray. Maybe I'll try that too.

I save the long pieces and the next quilt I make I zig zag the pieces together and use for the next quilt, pot holder's, casserole carriers, etc.

Hope this helps, it sure does work for me.

Phaedra

I first cut edges with rotary cutter to be sure they're straight, then butt the two straight edges together and sew with the widest zigzag. I DO use my walking foot for this and it works beautifully.

Judy,
Robert here. I've been quilting for about 3 years and have been doing my own free motion quilting on a home machine, done 3 baby quilts, 5 twins/lap quilts, a couple queens and I took the ardgous task of doing a king............(YUCK). I read you did quilting for others. What do you charge for a queen size and a twin. I have 3 tops done and a fourth soon.
Do have any pics of your quilting or patterns you use.
Sorry for all the questions.
Robert

Here's another thing you can do with excess batting. Make fabric hanger covers. Use a couple layers of batting. You can hang up things like sweaters and pants without getting creases in them.

Technically you should fold sweaters and lay them flat, but I like to hang them.

Frugal Quilter

At one group I belong to we use a large wip stitch by hand to put pieces together and you never can see it --naturally use a thread color to match. Takes a short time and I find it better
than machine stitching but u will get many ideas here.
We just butt them together/

I do too and feather type stitch by hand, it works, batting o/here is too expensive to waste!

I butt the two edges together and do a , by hand, zig-zag. Looking at the joint going from top to bottom, I take a horizontal stitch on the left, about an inch in, going from rigight to left, then go to the right piece and take a horizontal stitch from right to left, repeat. I think it is called a herring bone stitch. It holds the two pieces together, but they do not overlap.
Mary