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Originally Posted by running1

Do most of you machine or hand stitch your batting pieces together when piecing leftover batting? I'm preparing a doll quilt and, of course, don't have the correct size batting, so I thought I would ask the experts... I looked at the tutorials, but I wanted to see what most of you thought?
Thanks for helping!!

(This doll quilt came from a small kit I found in my mom's quilting things... she'd bought it at the Smithsonian and never put it together... I'm going to use it as another practice piece for my hand quilting...)

I sue fuseable strips that you can buy by the roll (too expensive) or by the yard. I cut it all into 2" strips and have it all hanging with a clip in my closet & when I need to fuse my batting I just get out a strip and fuse the batting together, simple. :-)

what does the joining foot look like, never heard of one.

Yes, what is an edge joining foot? do all machines offer them?

You could also try the new iron on tape that is out for batting.

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Originally Posted by OmaForFour

You could also try the new iron on tape that is out for batting.

Not so good if you have a poly batting ... the iron would melt it!

I put the walking foot on my machine and use a long/wide zig zag and sew the pieces together.

I use the Heat Press batting tape as it doesn't make for extra bulk when quilting.

I use strips of fusible interfacing to put the pieces of batting together to use in small items.

I zig zag machine stitch the batting together by butting the edges together.

Thanks for the advice.I havequite a bit of odds and ends pieces of batting that I hate to waste.