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You have paid lost of $$ for your fabric and batting, why not use it all?
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almost forgot I have this:
How about using the batting scraps for small craft projects...batting for doll quilts, potholders, banners, rag quilt, etc. Also, if you have a child or grandchild, niece or nephew...they may enjoy making a pillow and using the batting for stuffing. Coasters....small appliqued landscapes......minatures......bookmarks.....tea cozies.....place mats......table runners.......paint the batting and collage to another quilt (gasp!!!!! Is that the start of an art quilt I see?).........ATC's (artist trading cards).......Inchies........little tiny purses.......regular sized purses......tote bags for all your other stuff........and on......and on.......and on.......The uses are only limited by your imagination.... .. Postcards, inchies, trapunto by machine, pillow tops, quilt-as-you- go, raggedy flannel quilts, pot holders, practicing machine quilting, playing with different threads, quilted purses or totes or diaper bags Packing material in boxes. there have been lots of ideas thrown out lately - use them in your swiffer, as dust collectors, join them together with a zig zag for small items - table runnners, wall hangings etc. use them for quilt as you go projects. I have joined some of the larger pieces and used them in charity quilts. We pay good money for our batting, we should use what we can. use for cleaning the lint out of the clothes dryer. |
Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
I keep them all as long as they are more than 3"wide. I am being overrun by batting scraps!!!
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Originally Posted by Grace173
Hi,
I have some large scraps of batting that I keep because I think I might be able to join them all up when I have enough of them but I'm not even sure if you can do this and if you can how do you do it? |
I save them cause my kids love to sew with my scraps.
Originally Posted by Grace173
Hi,
I have some large scraps of batting that I keep because I think I might be able to join them all up when I have enough of them but I'm not even sure if you can do this and if you can how do you do it? |
I save mine for small projects as well.
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I save anything over 4",,, put them together with strips of fusible interfacing. The narrower scraps I give to a lady who chops them up and uses them to stuff dog beds that she makes for the animal shelter.
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I use my small strips for packing away Christmas ornaments.
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I keep all of mine. The smaller pieces I use to set the setttings on my machine before I actually quilt my projects. Thanks for the suggestion of the batting tape. I'm going to connecting threads right now.
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I have to many little projects that I use the scraps for. If not me, then Mom uses them for her projects.
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