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Sunday, December 15, 2013

String piecing on batting scraps


Hi! I'm Christina, I blog at A Few Scraps. Brenda asked me to contribute a new idea I posted on my blog over here:

I have a collection of skinny strips of leftover batting, and I know I am not alone. At about 2 inches wide they are too small individually for any little quilted project.  I know I don't have the patience to piece them together to make a larger piece, though I happily do that with bigger pieces to get enough for a quilt top.

But now I have it. I know what to do. I take little fabric scraps and sew-and-flip piece them onto my batting strips!




And then when I have several strips...


I piece those together with one-inch wide strips of fabric.


(here's what that looks like from the back)


And then I have a quilted panel that I could use for pillows or whatnot. I made a table topper.


I hope some of you like this idea for putting your batting scraps to good use!
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18 comments:

  1. JeannekeDecember 15, 2013 at 11:50 AM

    Great idea! Love your table topper.
    Cheers,

    Jeanneke.

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  2. RuthDecember 15, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    Brilliant. I keep tossing those skinny batting pieces away. Now I know what to do with them.

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  3. QuiltdivajulieDecember 15, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    Great idea for pillow covers or table runners!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Carol E.December 15, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    Great idea. I will do this, definitely.

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  5. Texas JennyWrenDecember 15, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    what a brilliant idea to use both the scraps of batting AND the little scraps of fabric. Thanks so much for sharing this idea with all of us!!

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  6. Texas JennyWrenDecember 15, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    what a brilliant idea to use both the scraps of batting AND the little scraps of fabric. Thanks so much for sharing this idea with all of us!!

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  7. Lori R.December 15, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    Genius! Thanks for sharing.

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  8. PattilouDecember 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM

    Great idea! I can use that one!

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  9. LindaDecember 16, 2013 at 7:10 AM

    Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea. I will definitely have to start keeping those small batting strips now.

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  10. Nifty QuiltsDecember 16, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    Great idea! Thanks for showing how to piece them together.

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  11. AnnDecember 16, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    What a great idea! Thanks.

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  12. SheilaDecember 16, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    This is so cool. Thanks for sharing your idea.

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  13. AnonymousDecember 24, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    Love it - thanks for sharing this tremendous idea!

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  14. MillieJanuary 12, 2014 at 6:08 PM

    Great idea for all those small pieces of batting. Love it.

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  15. Val's Quilting StudioJanuary 17, 2014 at 4:25 AM

    I am going to try this! THanks for the inspiration!! I'm also a new GFC follower. So I'm now looking forward to continued sharing! :) Stop by: myplvl.blogspot.com

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  16. KaHollyJanuary 28, 2014 at 9:52 AM

    An ingenius idea!!

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  17. JoFebruary 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM

    Wow that's a great idea

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  18. JoFebruary 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM

    Wow that's a great idea

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