Patchwork Pam

I use the scraps of fabric and batting to fill doggie or critter beds for our local no kill animal shelter They are greatly appreciated.

pam1966

I've joined two pieces together with the edge joining foot on my sewing machine. Zig zag works well too.

sewgray

Patchwork Pam, good for you. I was going to say that too. One of the LQS that I go to used to collect them and make the beds but it got to be too overwhelming so now she ask that you make the bed yourself and then she takes them to shelters. They don't have to be very thick and know ahead of time that these will be used and then thrown away. To me this is by far the best use of left over batting and material.

Eddie

You can use them in rag quilts, since the batting for those are cut into squares slightly smaller than the finished blocks. For the rag quilt I just did, all of the batting was cut from batting scraps that I had.

mic-pa

If you are talking warm and natural batt, it is very easy to zig zag pieces together. I use them like Jims Gem said.Tablerunners, even small quilts, placemats etc. Once they are in the project you can't even tell it is pieced. However I never use polyester batt so have none of that to deal with.

krabadan

I use them in quilts using the "Cotton Theory"

dkabasketlady

I use them for my rag quilts.

dglvr

Hi 4dogs. I just keep mine in a seperate bin and I always find myself looking through it for a piece for something. Also a friend I send stuff to uses it to make dog and cat rag quilts for the cages at the humane society so when I send her breakeables or a box to fill space I just wrap the batting around everything. And that way I'm not paying for bubble wrap either. :-D

bbmom1989

I use the batting and stitch it together. Then I use if to make pads for the Cat rescue shelter. They love them for the older animals!

AnnaK

I join them edge to edge by zig-zagging also. You can never see the seam or feel it if you join them side by side, abutting them. Good luck!