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I have two pieces of wool batting that I'd like to use in a quilt. Can I just spray the backing and butt the batting pieces up to each other, or should I hand baste them together? -
You might want to try this new product: http://www.heatpressbattingtogether.com/
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Kathy, I use a wide and long zig zag stitch to "baste" my batting pieces together. It has worked fine for the wool and the 80/20 types of batting that I use. I wouldn't trust that the adhesive spray would hold the edges of your batting together while you quilt. You sure wouldn't want any separation! That product Margo provided the link for is interesting although it doesn't take long to sew the batting pieces together.Originally posted by KathyR
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I bought a roll of it at our local quilt show- it works great. It's basically fusible knit interfacing, cut 1 inch wide and rolled up. But it held my batting together and you can't tell there's any piecing in the batting. I've used it on 2 quilts so far. The demonstrator mentioned about different heat settings for different battings, and pressing not ironing. I wonder if the website mentioned has demos for it? Nice product.Originally posted by Margo
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Margo and Kathy, you have all the answers. How great! I have always done the zig zag and it works pretty well, but this sounds even better. Thanks for the tip.
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I just that stuff for sale in a catalog this week and was wondering how it worked. I am starting to acquire too many pieces of batting and will have to consider getting some of that stuff if I decide to place an order for other things.
And my next thought after I read the post about it here was, "Dang! Another thing I never thought to invent and I could have gotten rich from it! Just like I missed out on Velcro!"
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Yes, Kathy! There is a video on the site!Originally posted by kathyst2
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Thank you all! If my local quilt shop doesn't have the fusible tape, I'll try zig zagging this time. I want to get this quilt basted before my Beloved Beauties fabric arrives!
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Kathy, if you can't find the tape, look for a very light weight (knit, not woven) fusible interfacing and cut it into strips!!
If you overlap the two edges of your batting and cut one seam down the middle, you will have matched cut edges to fuse together. Just like wall paper!! b
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I just recently pieced my first batting. I used strips of fusible Quilter's Grid because that was what I had available without going to the store. I put it on both sides and it worked fine. All of my fabrics were dark enough so the lines don't show through.
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A very timely question. I am getting ready to piece (2) two pieces of batting, left over from a big quilt to baste a wall hanging, and was wondering what was the easiest way to do it> I was going to stitch them together, then here was the answer of the tape? which I do not have, but checked my inter facings and sure enough I have some knit fusible, so that is what I am using, since a trip to the store is out for today. We had rain since yesterday afternoon around 3, all night then about 10 this morning it started snowing till about 11. Now I do not know what will happen. forcast this morning was that we will really get snow tonight and early tomorrow, with an arctic cold. Will see what happens.
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Sounds slippery Margarita. I'm glad you don't have to go out.Originally posted by MargaritaWLyndhurst, Ohio USA - East Side Suburb of Cleveland, Ohio
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(snicker) well I had this answer anyway. I have zigzagged by machine, and by hand, and this is easier, quicker and looks better. And if Margarita cuts some fusible knit interfacing that she has at home, it's even free! And Margo says there is a video on the website, which I will have to check out. The demonstrator was the Batty Lady who may have been the product's developer. (She sells batting and vends at quilt shows)Originally posted by QuilterLynnMargo and Kathy, you have all the answers. How great! I have always done the zig zag and it works pretty well, but this sounds even better. Thanks for the tip.
AND EVEN BETTER,
MADE IN THE U.S.A.
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Originally posted by kathyst2(snicker) well I had this answer anyway. I have zigzagged by machine, and by hand, and this is easier, quicker and looks better. And if Margarita cuts some fusible knit interfacing that she has at home, it's even free! And Margo says there is a video on the website, which I will have to check out. The demonstrator was the Batty Lady who may have been the product's developer. (She sells batting and vends at quilt shows)Originally posted by QuilterLynnMargo and Kathy, you have all the answers. How great! I have always done the zig zag and it works pretty well, but this sounds even better. Thanks for the tip.
AND EVEN BETTER,
MADE IN THE U.S.A.
Kathy
Kathy, just click on this link and scroll down a little for the video: http://www.heatpressbattingtogether.com/
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