Left over batting
08-26-2019, 02:38 AM
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Good ideas all, I also cut them to use with my "swiffer" as cleaning pads. The batting catches dust easily and when dampened with a light soapy solution make good mopping tools. I don't feel bad tossing after one use because it is already a re-purposed product.
08-26-2019, 04:37 AM
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Batting strips are my favourite method for doing placemats. I think I posted about them on QB? You stitch and flip fabric scraps down batting strips. You then trim them straight and piece the strips together with I inch sashing. After you have the strips and sashing all pieced together to the placemat size you want, you put a back on and top stitch down the sashing strips (because the scraps on the batting are already stitched) and bind the placemat.
p.s. The tutorial on QB is under the title -Scrap Buster and I posted it for hot pads but I have used the same method, only bigger for placemats.
p.s. The tutorial on QB is under the title -Scrap Buster and I posted it for hot pads but I have used the same method, only bigger for placemats.
08-26-2019, 04:49 AM
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08-26-2019, 05:32 AM
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I cut my batting scraps (I'm a longarmer and have long narrow strips left from quilting) into 2 1/4" strips and make jelly roll rugs. I use my leftover binding strips or cut up ugly fabric into strips. One of my favorite rugs is one I made out of a panel I knew I'd never use.
08-26-2019, 05:41 AM
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I too re-use my batting strips. I usually wait until I have a pretty big bag of batting scraps, set aside some time and zig zag them together. I make 20" wide batting strips and as long as possible. They make excellent table runner battings. I then re-use those "new" scraps by cutting into very small pieces. Those small pieces go into a garbage can lined with a pillowcase. Once it is full, I sew off the pillowcase and have a doggy pillow. I use them for my critters but once I have enough for all, I'll start donating those pillows. It is filled with nothing but small cotton fabric and batting. I pretty much try to use everything.
08-26-2019, 05:57 AM
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For the really small pieces I'll use them for placemats or in wallhangings, pillows. For larger/longer pieces I'll piece them together using batting tape to use them on quilts. Just did that the other day as I'd miscut for a larger quilt so had to cut another piece to fit. The miscuts were then pieced together to fit for yet another quilt waiting to be quilted. I love it when things go together even though you goofed up at the beginning.
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