I make rag quilts for my 8 year old grandchildren. I have 8 to go. I do 7" and 3 1/2" inch blocks, and piece as alternate 4 patch.

The new Quilter's World mag A quilted Christmas has some dandy uses for scrap batting.

You will probably think this is crazy, but I use batting scraps on my Swiffer mop for dusting my hardwood floors. :)

Lori

And what are Belmer's microwave bowls? Did I miss the explanation on a previous message?

Do you like padded hangers, but hate to pay the price? Cut batting pieces in strips, no need to sew them together, and wrap them around a wire hanger. Cover this with scrap fabric, turning the exposed edge under, stitching one strip to another as you add fabric and stitching at the end. Bend the wire into any shape before covering.

Wonderful idea!

I suck all mine in a space bag down to flat, almost nothing. It fits perfectly underneath my bookshelf. I think I have four layers of bags under there now. I take the bags to guild when we do small projects and give some to the 4H and Scout group. Many grade school art teachers like the scraps too. It makes great whiskers, snow, and fur for gluing on pictures.

I do the same thing, collecting the scrap batting in a specific tub, then when I am organizing projects to sandwich to quilt, I pull out the larger scraps and if they need a little more, zig-zag scrap batting together until I have a large enough piece. There is always batting leftover after doing a larger quilt, but I finally learned to put the leftover batting directly in the tub and it saves a lot of aggravation, so it's there when I need it.

I butt edges up against each other and iron on strips of interfacing. They hold well until I get it quilted. Use this method for hot pads, mug rugs, etc. Gotta by frugal these days.

I noticed that many of you put batting in your placemats. I did when I first started quilting, then noticed that it was a challenge keeping a glass of water, etc. from tipping. Guess that's why they didn't get used that often. I now cut up old flannel sheets and such.Have even used old terry towels. No more worries.