I also piece my scraps together by butting the edges and zigzag stitch, I've used it in dozens of quilts...no one but you know after it's finished. I don't quilt for profit I give all mine away.I do this cause it's fun and saves my sanity....so I have to be thrifty since I do give them away.
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Exactly how I feel as Alwayslearning wrote :
To me, it is not even that batting is too expensive to waste. I feel wasting anything is wrong and I try not to take anything for granted. We live in a beautiful world with limited resources |
I piece whenever necessary to get the size I need.
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I do it all the time. I call it Frankenbatting. It's become an obsession!!
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Wasn't the objective of quilting long ago about being imaginative & thrifty? If need be I piece my batting, either by zigzagging it or using the fusible tape. I don't find a problem with either method.
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Haven't done it on a quilt yet but have done it on bags. I don't join it. I just plan it to come up to a line I'm going to quilt along, sort of like quilt-as-you-go. It's never gone anywhere.
If you don't like joins and have lots of scraps, gift them to someone who makes bags or soft toys! I love finding small pieces of batting in my stash, always an inspiration to make something :) . |
Originally Posted by alwayslearning
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To me, it is not even that batting is too expensive to waste. I feel wasting anything is wrong and I try not to take anything for granted. We live in a beautiful world with limited resources. Besides, who is going to see if I make a mistake sewing batting?
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I always piece my left overs, why throw them out or give them away. Use in a quilt, table runner, hot pads, wherever!
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I try to use the same type of batting for most quilts. I save the scraps and piece them into other batting when necessary. I square the edge of the pieces and mark their size when storing them. I purchased tricot fusible interfacing by the yard (I think it was 60" wide. Then I cut it into 1.5 inch strip using my rotary cutter and mat. That was a huge savings-in fact, I packaged it up in baggies and shared with my quilting friends.
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What is batting tape?
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