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Old 03-19-2018, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sprice View Post
I love the iron on tape for this. It's about an inch wide. As long as it's the same type batting, joining pieces is fine.
I buy thin fusible jersey for this (found in the interfacing section of JA's and such). I buy it by the yard , and cut into strips. Same as the iron on tape, but much, much cheaper and you can cut the width you need.
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Old 03-19-2018, 06:43 AM
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i have good success with an edge joining foot and a larger zig zag
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Old 03-19-2018, 11:10 AM
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I just butt the pieces side by side & zigzag a wide stitch down the length. Works great, you can not tell the batting has been pieced once it’s quilted into the Quilt.
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Old 03-19-2018, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by grammasharon View Post
Oh woe is me, I have to be the one to ask, what is three stitch zig zag?
It is a specific stitch usually found on newer machines. It's just like a zigzag but, instead of taking 1 stitch to the right and 1 stitch to the left, it takes 3 stitches to the right and then 3 stitches to the left. The individual stitches are smaller, but the zigzag is still there. It's a way of avoiding "toe catchers" when you need a wide zigzag and makes the zigzag stronger.
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Old 03-19-2018, 12:25 PM
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I use a glue stick, and overlap the pieces just a tiny bit. You need to let it dry though before using the finished piece.
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Old 03-19-2018, 04:03 PM
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I do it all the time. I sew a ladder stitch and noone knows it but me. I mostly use hi loft poly batting.
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Old 03-19-2018, 04:29 PM
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I use the wavy stitch. Almost all my batting is W&M so I do make sure the scrim sides are on the same side.

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I quilt on a long arm so mostly I just butt the two pieces up together and stitch out my panto. I like curvy, swirly pantos and most of my patterns, never go more than 1 to 2 inches without a seam running across it. Everything is stabilized very well. I can never tell where I joined the two pieces together even after many washes.

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Old 03-19-2018, 06:30 PM
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I love all the wonderful advice here. I am really learning a ton of good, very useful stuff. Up to now, I just stick the pieces together and "zig-zag" them together by hand ... real large stitches. Now, I think I'll try some ideas y'all have here. Thanks!
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Old 03-19-2018, 06:37 PM
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I just overlap them. Once it's quiltedvyou can't tell.
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Old 03-19-2018, 06:48 PM
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I zig zag on my machine after butting the pieces together; thread color same as batting. easy peezy.
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