Batting scraps, keep or throw out?
#113
I use mine to practice my free motion quilting on before I free motion on the project I am working on. I also save mine and make small items from it. Like 2 in strips would work in the handles of a tote or bag. Love all the ideas that everyone have given you...think I will still a couple ;o)
#116
I saw an interesting QAYG (quilt as you go) method where the sewist used a backing fabric square, strips of scrap batting placed on the backing, and then the top string pieces, laying in the opposite direction of the batting strings. So now I am saving my strips of batting...
#117
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Location: Atlanta, ga via Pittsburgh, Pa
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make small pieces and use the batting, then make a quilt from the small pieces already they will be already batted. like pot holder size and you can zigzag the pieces together. No, I don't throw any thing away. I find a use for them all.:lol:
#119
I got some of this at either JoAnn's or Hobby Lobby Just in the last month.
Where do you buy Insul brite? I searched there website and no dealers in FL or SC.
Originally Posted by grammy17
Originally Posted by Deb watkins
That is what I do. I use them for wall hangings or candle mats or pot holders (with insulbrite, mug rugs.
The little little pieces I use for stuffing.
The little little pieces I use for stuffing.
#120
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern IL near St. Louis
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I save all my batting scraps to use as stuffing and they can be sewn together with a large zig zag stitch and used in something bigger. I would not recommend a bunch of little ones for large quilt but they work well for small ones.
Also it makes good stuffing in soft animals etc for kids and dogs.
I have also used a small piece pinned to my shirt to put the thread tails on as I stitch - keeps them off my pants. Some quilters put a piece down next to the machine for this but I like the one pinned to me better.
You will continue to have scraps of fabric and batting.. and I think they make the best quilts.
Also it makes good stuffing in soft animals etc for kids and dogs.
I have also used a small piece pinned to my shirt to put the thread tails on as I stitch - keeps them off my pants. Some quilters put a piece down next to the machine for this but I like the one pinned to me better.
You will continue to have scraps of fabric and batting.. and I think they make the best quilts.
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