Leftover batting as stuffing?
 

Hi, All,
Has anyone batting as stuffing for pillows?

So, I've discovered Quilters Dream batting, which I love. Also, I'm moving in two weeks and don't want to buy a lot of NEW stuff right now. I have a some excess batting from about a year ago--combination of materials from Jo-Anns. It's batting I'll never use and was contemplating giving away to a local quilt guild.

Here's the thing: I'm finishing some pillows as goodbye-presents for folks here and am thinking I might kill two birds with one stone. Has anyone ever used batting for pillow stuffing??

Thanks,
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I am not sure if it would work or not. You might try stuffing a small square and see how it turns out.

I have seen batting similar to warm & natural sewn like a pillow cover, then stuffed and the opening stitched. That becomes the pillow form before you make the pretty cover.

I use left over batting to stuff dog bed alot. You need to even it out so its not bumpy...

A friend of mine stuffed her neck pillows with batting scraps and I felt that they were rock hard. I use batting scraps that are too small to use in a mug rug as stuffing for dog bedding for animal rescue organizations.

I have used batting for stuffing. I kind of layered & rolled it into the shape I needed and tried not to pull it into pieces. It worked well.

What kind of batting are you planning to use?

this is what i have done for years. i make flat panels of batt scraps for front and back, fit into a pillow form i've made from sheet or muslin, then stuff the smaller batt scraps, which i've shredded w a rotary cutter, into area between larger pieces. makes a nice, non lumpy filling for decorater pillows. i save my old used rotary blades for cutting paper as well as triming quilt edges and shredding batt scraps. anything w any poly at all, or paper, will tend to dull a rotary blade, so i don't use new/good blades for batt cutting/shredding, paper etc.

Hi, All,

Thanks for all your help. I was using soft n crafty cotton batting...and, well, I just couldn't quite get it to work. I had trouble evening it out. Traditional stuffing it is!

Best,
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