Leftover batting
 

I'm trying to clean up my quilting boxes and thin out some things I will probably never use (like the hundreds of little scraps of cloth that are too tiny to do anything with). I have a lot of leftover batting in odd sizes (long and thin) left over after cutting out what I needed for a quilt, most of it too small for anything unless I want to piece it all together or make potholders (neither of which I will probably ever do ;)). What do you do with your leftovers? Is it worth saving or should I toss?

If your batting is all the same type like Warm and Natural, you cant cut the edges straight and butt them together. I use a 3 step zig zag stitch on my machine to sew them together and use them like any other batting. I piece the fabric, why not piece the batting too. Batting is expensive. You can also use it for smaller projects like a rag quilt.

I had a ton of batting pieces that I gave to Goodwill. I'll bet there are quilters who make those jelly roll rugs or dog beds that would love to have a bag of batting scraps. I knew I would never use them, and having them laying around just made me feel guilty, like I should be using them. I marked the bag "quilt batting" so that the workers knew what it was and that it had value. I look at it like I look at clothing that I no longer wear. It's just being wasted laying around the house, and somebody out there needs this.

I truly only save my batiks and then I cut them at 2 1/2, 2, and 1 1/2 squares for scrappy projects. Weird triangles I toss. I don't keep leftover batting smaller than about 7 1/2 inches. The batting, I use in quilt as you go, Fun & Done patterns. One of the greatest gifts I gave myself over the years is if I purchase a kit or collection and make what I want to make, I put the rest on the free table at Guild. Someone almost always takes it and makes baby blankets, placemats or whatnots.

I use them in my swiffer for dusting. they're great for picking up cat hair and stray threads, and just general dust.

Same (after learning about it here on QB)!

I use all my left over batting in projects. I use the poly bat to stuff toys or pillows. The W&N I piece it back together. and use it in a quilt if the pieces are larger. Other wise I will stitch them back together and use it in smaller projects like I am right now. No waste with bat it is worth the effort to recycle.

Use to restuff dog toys

Here's a video link just for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HibPi65XQ

All about how to arrange your batting scraps.

Watch her other videos while you're there. She's great.

Watson