Have you ever done this?
 

Have you ever cut down a quilt to fit a piece of batting? I was getting ready to sandwich a wall hanging this morning and it was a liiitttllle too big for the piece of batting it had dug out of my batting pile. I get So tired of sewing batting together because I have all these random pieces left over from other projects. I just decided that it would look fine with smaller borders, cut an inch off around the whole thing, and viola! Am I the only one that has ever done this? I'll admit, I was thinking of all the quilting artists that would be appalled at what I had done.

I would do it if it just had plain straight borders. As long as it didn't leave me with chopped off points, I go for it.

I have done it a couple of times, makes life so much easier

I would totally do it as long as it didn't compromise my design! I've never heard of batting police, so I think you're fine!

Yes I have.

I've done whatever it took to get the quilt finished: glued, stapled, trimmed, fused.

have done it! No biggy to me. But usually nothing to compromise the blocks. I try to add at least 8 inches of batting more than the top. 4 inches extra to each side and each top and bottom of top.

I would if my quilt looked ok with it done that way. After all no one will know but you and us that you have told but we won't tell anyone.

Yep, me to.

Yeah, I've done that a few times.