I want to join together two pieces of batting. What is the best and easiest way to do this?

Janie

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I usually just bunt them together at the edge and run a long slip stitch along them to keep them together while you are quilting them. Hope this helpl

Pat E

Good Morning. I find that I can zig zag pieces of batting using a wide zig zag rather far apart. You do need only to butt the edges together. I also use stitch in the ditch foot when doing this. Make sure you have the same sides of batting laying up, it does not matter which side. Works for me.

I was raught that a serpentine edge was less noticable than a straight edge. A herringbone stitch gives the most durability.

There are different ways to join pieces and stitching - examples already given, for example. However, I was told that these butted seams that are hand or machine-stitched together (and have experienced it myself!), have a definite ridge that you can feel under the layers. Meg's right, a serpentine edge is best. Here's how to do it: To make it easier and less of a ridge, lay the edge of one piece over the other edge, overlapping about 4". Now, with it all laid out on your cutting surface like that, take your rotary cutter and cut a WAVY line from top to bottom. Discard the little strips that result, carefully removing them. Now you can hand stitch with a large needle and thread. Meg, GMTA! (not that mine's that great! )

Hope this helps.

Gerda

Pssst! Gerda! I was just thinking that you are not giving yourself much credit by comparing your mind to mine. You do know, don't you, that my kids are convinced I have a terminal case of 'old-timers' disease?!? LOL