quilts4charity

I also piece my scraps together by butting the edges and zigzag stitch, I've used it in dozens of quilts...no one but you know after it's finished. I don't quilt for profit I give all mine away.I do this cause it's fun and saves my sanity....so I have to be thrifty since I do give them away.

helou

Exactly how I feel as Alwayslearning wrote :I do it all the time. Once quilted it is like the rest of the quilt.

sandy l

I piece whenever necessary to get the size I need.

Sarah in Brooklyn

I do it all the time. I call it Frankenbatting. It's become an obsession!!

callen

Wasn't the objective of quilting long ago about being imaginative & thrifty? If need be I piece my batting, either by zigzagging it or using the fusible tape. I don't find a problem with either method.

toolazy

Haven't done it on a quilt yet but have done it on bags. I don't join it. I just plan it to come up to a line I'm going to quilt along, sort of like quilt-as-you-go. It's never gone anywhere.

If you don't like joins and have lots of scraps, gift them to someone who makes bags or soft toys! I love finding small pieces of batting in my stash, always an inspiration to make something .

Gabrielle's Mimi

So true! I piece my batting all the time. It does not show, and I dare anyone to be able to tell where it was pieced after the quilting is done. Here's a tip I can pass on: when I have scraps of batting I trim the edges square, then measure and fold the piece. I write the measurements on a small brightly colored sticker ( like you use for yard sales) and place it on the lower right edge of the folded batting. I then store all the pieces in a big plastic tub with the folded edges on the same side. When I need a piece of batting for a table runner or placemat I can just thumb through the folded edges and look for a measurement that's close to what I need. Same thing with piecing 2 or 3 larger pieces. I can pull out the pieces that, when combined, will give me the size I need. A giant zig-zag seam later, I have "free" batting!

ka9sdn

I always piece my left overs, why throw them out or give them away. Use in a quilt, table runner, hot pads, wherever!

quilterpurpledog

I try to use the same type of batting for most quilts. I save the scraps and piece them into other batting when necessary. I square the edge of the pieces and mark their size when storing them. I purchased tricot fusible interfacing by the yard (I think it was 60" wide. Then I cut it into 1.5 inch strip using my rotary cutter and mat. That was a huge savings-in fact, I packaged it up in baggies and shared with my quilting friends.

sew4nin

What is batting tape?