Batting scraps
 

I just found myself with a bunch of large batting scraps - this is Warm and White batting. I think I read somewhere that if I sew the pieces together I can use them as a larger piece, but maybe there was ironing involved to seal the seam? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Sarah

I'd simply whip stitch the pieces together. The quilting you do later will secure the batting enough.

I piece batting together all f the time. I butt it up against each other & zig zag it on the machine. There is an iron on tape you can use to fuse it together but I've never tried it.

I use warm and natural and sew them together. If they are wrinkled, then I iron them. Works good with a big zig zag stitch.

I zig-zag mine together ... but also consider saving some pieces in like 9" or 12" squares to practice FMQ on. I'm constantly using up my batting trim that way.

They make fusible iron on tape so you don't have to sew it together. I've done that way only. It works very well. I've never sewed it together, so I don't know how easy that is. The fusing is pretty darn easy.

I generally use a zig zag stitch, but tonight tried a joining stitch and both work great!

I started out sewing batting together by hand with a whip stitch. (I also overlapped the pieces first and cut them with a wavy line, as instructed in the books.) That was tedious. Then I tried fusing the pieces. That worked okay, but I don't always have fusible available, and it was a pain having to lay the batting out on the ironing board. Now I just sew them together with a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine, and that is easiest and quickest for me. After the quilting is done I can't tell how many pieces of batting are inside, or where they might be joined together. For a comfort quilt I recently used up most of my batting scraps, even some of the smaller pieces. No more wasting batting for me!

I save batting scraps and sew a very wide zig zag stitch to joined the butted edges together. It amazing how fast those scraps can add up .

Yes I just did that today and nothing beats a zigzag stitch to join the pieces together. I bought once two rolls of heat press batting together roll where you butt the two pcs of batting then heat press the roll to join them but I hate it. I feel the batting gets so think and don't like the feel of it. IMHO

I have joined batting pieces together by using the fusible tape made especially for batting as well as zigzagging on the DSM. Sometimes the joined pieces don't always lay flat. If I am in the mood, I have used the flatlocking feature on my serger....it does a great job of joining the pieces and they lay nice and flat.

Thanks, all! No wasted batting for me!

Ugh, I have so so much leftover batting. I did use leftover pieces once for a practice quilt. I used a zigzag stitch and it worked out fine. What I really need to work on is my patience. It seemed like I spent a lot of time sewing just to get the batting ready.

Maybe 2013 can be the year I use up old batting pieces as well as quilt from my stash more.

I too use leftover batting. Whip stitching is the fastest for me. And once it's all quilted, I can't tell where the seams are.

Also, the leftovers are good for making stuffed animals, etc.

I use poly batting and have pieced pieces together to make whole battings. I use a ladder stitch and noone is the wiser.

I buy fusible interfacing by the yard, cut strips 2 or 2 1/2 inches wide and butt the straight sides of the batting together and press the strip on.. It is a good idea to use a press cloth and steam when fusing. I use one of my DHs handkerchiefs for a press cloth.

I do not bother with the tape, just zig zag stitch.

I fuse mine together all the time. I use the roll of stuff that feels like lite weight fabric. Once it's quilted,no one can tell the diff. It's a good way to use up all the batting scraps. I don,t put it on the ironing board,I just touch the iron for a second while the sandwich is on my (protected) table.

I happen to have lots of iron on fusible interfacing. It's a light weight one. I cut it into long strips and use that to bond my pieces together. Works just fine.

I bought the tape and I've whip-stitched batt pieces together, but I think I'm the laziest person on the planet. If I butt the edges carefully and pin (or tag-baste) very well along both edges, I can just quilt the pieces in place.

If you have really small pieces, you can iron it to lightweight fusible interfacing, crazy-quilt style. :)

I just tried the zig zag approach recently after I read a previous thread about it. It has worked wonderfully! I sewed three larger pieces or warm and natural together, and you can't even tell where the seams are! I'm going to work through my batting stash and I think I'll have enough to finish up at least a few more children's blankets before I need to buy more. :)

i too butt the edges together & zigzag them when i need to piece batting scraps- another good use for batting scraps is to cut them into squares & use them for raggy quilt blocks- i always have a stack of 9" & 6" batting scraps- then if i feel like making a raggy quilt i cut fabric (or build blocks) to either 10" or 7" squares , sandwich them, X stitch across the 3 layers, sew them together into rows, then into a quilt top- clip,(shake, shake, shake) wash (shake, shake, shake), dry (shake, shake, shake) -done... :)

I whipstitch pieces together..Real tiny pieces become stuffing for dog beds or stuffed animals I make...I throw nothing away!

I just did an entire lap quilt(50x72) w/ pieced batting - and you can't even tell. I zig-zagged the pieces.

I do the same thing, zig zag them together. It works. Thenks for the tip if there is a wrinkle, iron it.

Some bats are getting very expensive, I can't afford to not use the scraps. I've even put different types together. Never mixed wool bats in but just about everything else. If it looks like it is about the same thickness, together it goes. :)

I love the idea about using fusible interfacing - so inexpensive - I usually save mine - I write on a piece of paper the kind it is and the size and safety pin it to the batting - no more time wasted measuring pieces that I have already measured several times before - I love being able to use up the pieces - I make scrap quilts so it really makes sense to scrap piece my batting too.

I never throw decent pieces of batting away. I butt them up and zig zag them together. Works fine.

I sew mine together all the time. I hate to waste anything. I use a wide long zig zag stitch. If they are wrinkled, I just toss them into the dryer for a couple of minutes to fluff.

you can zig zag the pcs or use for mini quilts, wall hangings or pot holders. have fun.

I save the inch size pcs to put in dog beds. I have four and make a dozen a yr at least for the area pet shelters. concrete floors are COLD!!:(

I've never fused my batts together, but many times have zig-zaged them together or used a very long basting stitch. Our Homemakers club made a quilt for a benefit auction. We used a lot of really small pieces of batting held together with long basting stitches. We tie our quilts, so we thought it needed more ties than most. We put in at least twice as many red yarn ties as normal to hold the batt in place. That quilt brought twice as much money at the auction as our other quilts had been getting.

I also put ALL the little tiniest fuzzy pieces of batting into a box under my sewing table. About once a year, I stuff that into a pillow ticking that I have sewn from some heavier fabric. I give the pillows to the food pantry. People who need food sometimes need a pillow, too. Our food pantry is happy to have them.

I do the same, save those smaller pieces of quilt batting and stitch them lightly together and use them. I usually make a quilt where my 'eyes were bigger than my stomach'.

lol I never throw away batting less than 3 in wide.piece it back together for mug rugs,place mats,table runners etc

I sew mine together all the time...was told years ago to NEVER iron batting because it compresses the fibers, so don't use the iron on tape, but really don't need it. Just butt them up against each other and zig zag away!!

"Heat Press" is the name of the fusible tape. That is the name on the package. I do prefer to use it instead of the zig zag stitch. It is just much easier for me. It doesn't come apart and does not leave a ridge.

the large zig zag is the way to go. I use the iron on seaming tape on the rare occasion when !!! horrors !!! I end up without enough batting at the end of a quilt and it is on my longarm frame. This only happened once but that tape that you iron on saved me since I did not have to remove it from the frame nor hand stitch the battings together standing at the frame.

I put the pieces side by side and zigzag

I overlap them, trim them (with rotary cutter) so they match perfectly, and zig-zag them. Perfectly fine, usable batting!! You can't tell they've been stitched together once they're inside a quilt :)

I slightly overlap and run a walking foot over it with a very large cross stitch or do a whip stitch by hand.

My LA quilter gave me worlds of battng scraps that she didn't want and her customers didn't want. I spent a couple of hours with a ruler and a rotary cutter getting the edges straight (yes, I know some people want the edges curvey) and then I butted the edges and zigzagged them together on my sewing machine. You don't need to press them. No one can tell where the seams are once the project is quilted and you can feel good about how trifty you are. Merry Christmas. froggyintexas