batting scraps

Use them for place mats, hot pads, coasters or if "little" things are not you, send them to Jill (unless they are truly too small, not just too small for you!).

Hanne in London

I wonder if this is politically correct? I use them as soft packaging in parcels! . In message , Trixie writes

Stuff dolls with them?

I use them to make cleaning swabs for wind instruments - get a knitting needle or similar, form a small ball on each end with a scrap of silk wrapped round a blob of batting. Fix in place with solvent-based glue and windings of thread. Usually you'll want the two balls to be different sizes since instruments like recorders have variable bore diameter.

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postcards!!!

Pillows or pincushions! Barbara

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:07:23 -0600, Trixie wrote (in article ):

I like to use mine as "practice" sandwhichs to warm up with when machine quilting. I might also make some for practicing hand quilting, too.

Maureen

after reading thru the rest so as not to duplicate.... needlecases xmas ornaments (flat or stuffed) fabric name tags with mini block on it fabric pendant (much like the xmas flat ornaments fabric bracelet various 3D bits added on kids quilts with animals (make great ears, lol) padded patches for various articles of clothing (to show off your p/w obsession) if i think of anymore worth mentioning will post again later. cheers for now, jeanne

Clever!

Besides all the ones mentioned already - the local Embroiderers' Guild is often glad of very small offcuts of batting to make needle cases and such for their stalls. And our preschools use really small pieces in their "art" classes for textures.

And I keep a box of the thinning edge bits just for Boofhead so he can feel as if he is involved in the quiltmaking process without shedding all over every quilt that comes along.

I use them for "purr pillows." Sandwich a large pinch of batting in between two 4x4 pieces of fabric, add a spoonful of catnip, sew around the edges, then trim the raw edges with pinking shears. They make great give-aways for our Humane Society functions, and of course it's a treat for the shelter cats too.

Sherry

I made a *really* scrappy Rag Quilt. Instead of doing an X on each one I tried to vary my 'quilting' lines and tried some swirls and squiggles etc. some worked and some didn't :-( I will just stick to straight line quilting :-) LOL

Dee in Oz

Trixie wrote:

Use to fill stuffed animals--new or just well loved and in need of some "guts"! MAmadurk

Many quiltmakers chop the pieces up and use them as the stuffing for pet beds. They donate the beds to the local animal shelter.

Nann

Not for quilting, but for shoulder pads for vintage suits and coats. I don't do a whole lot of quilting, and I only sew a very little bit more, so it works out OK

liz young in sunny california

Used in conjunction with aquarium gravel or sand or something heavy it is great to stuff draft stoppers for catching the drafts under doors.

I used some of my scraps for stuffing Halloween props and costume parts as well.

~KK in BC~

There was a young woman named Riley Who valued old batting-scraps highly When no-one was looking She used them in cooking "It's wicked to waste" she said drily

Helen Howes Our Lady of the Biscuits

I keep a bag for those, and when it's full, make a teddy bear for the women's shelter with batting for stuffing. But little scraps are also good for padded work or small practice pieces. Roberta in D

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ROFL! Roberta in D

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LOL! Thanks, Helen. That one went into my notebook to read at Retreat in February. Nancycog in MD

We have a group of ladies in our area that makes teddy bears for one of our hospitals. We give all of our batting scraps to them. They can't afford to buy regular stuffing, so they tear apart the batting scraps.