Quilt batting

Quilt Batting - What is it & when different batting types are used? - It's Only Fabric And Thread

All about batting! Learn which batting is best for your quilt project.

After a quilt has been layered and quilted, most times there will be some excess quilt batting that needs to be trimmed away from around the edges. Rather than throwing away all of your smaller scrap sizes of batting, save them and learn how quick and easy it can be to piece together small pieces of batting- Heather Thomas shows you how.

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If you’ve been quilting for a while I bet you’ve accumulated quite a bit of cutaway batting—I have a fair amount myself. For me, I needed to stash down and use what I had plus I’v…

Learn about some of the different types of quilt batting, what their characteristics are and when to use them.

Looking for quilt batting alternatives? These budget-friendly ideas are perfect for patchwork and easy quilting techniques. Learn how using fleece as batting, as well as Franken-batting and more. Perfect for beginner quilt tutorials, discover ways to upcycle old fabric and create homemade quilts without breaking the bank. These tips are ideal for those making a quilt on a budget, including how to piece together quilt batting and other creative methods.

Quilt Batting How to Choose the right quilt batting for your quilts. In this post listed the detail of what you are getting with the different types of quilt batting

We are now ready to combine the three layers of our quilt sandwich and ‘quilt’ our project. There are a variety of methods for quilting. I’m going to focus on machine quilting, but we’ll discuss others as well. Basting: Basting is a very important step in the quilting process. It seems tedious, but doing it … Continued

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How to Piece a Backing, Select Batting, Baste the Layers, and Quilt or Tie Your Quilt. Making The Perfect Quilt Sandwich. DIY Tutorial

Jessica from Anita Goodesign takes you step-by-step in this tutorial on how to finish your quilt. This is Step Two: Adding Batting and Backing using the "sti...

Hi there! Now that we have our quilt tops ready to go, I want to show you how to baste your quilt! But first, we need to go over batting. Let's talk batting. For a first time quilter--this is something that can sort of confuse you. There are several options out there and each batting will change the final look of your quilt. Here are some of the options out there when you go shopping for batting: First up is a Cotton-Poly Blend. This is made up of usually 80% cotton and 20% polyester. It is…

Photo Tutorial on how to join leftover pieces of batting to use in a bigger quilt.

I was looking through my 2018 blogs last week and had a sudden epiphany: I never talked about batting. With all the techniques I covered, I never specifically talked about batting and w…

After a quilt has been layered and quilted, most times there will be some excess quilt batting that needs to be trimmed away from around the edges. Rather than throwing away all of your smaller scrap sizes of batting, save them and learn how quick and easy it can be to piece together small pieces of batting- Heather Thomas shows you how.

Peg Spradlin demonstrates how to apply batting properly to your quilts. Learn about all the different types of batting you can use as well as the different fibers in batting. Use these tips to help you choose the right batting for your quilts and see how batting can make a huge impact on the quality of your quilts.

How to Choose the Perfect Quilt Batting will help you choose the right batting for your project.

Waste not, want not, right?! I have a thing for piecing scraps of batting together to use in small projects. It’s not the only time I piece batting, but there’s something satisfying about using what I have and making do. Here I am preparing to piece four different bits together, (don’t laugh), to use in a table runner :)There are many other reasons you may need to piece batting. If your quilt is odd-sized and the packaged batting needs to be made longer or wider, you may need to add a strip…