I sent this about 4:30 this afternoon and it must be wandering around in internet lala land. Though somebody might enjoy seeing it so here we go again - Sometimes I'm so smart I can hardly stand myself. I was going to butt two straight-edged pieces of batting and zigzag them together. Set the SM to a long and wide stitch. Then, I said to myself, 'Self, which foot would work best?" Self seemed to think that the gathering foot might do a great job. It does. The gathering foot is unpretentious. It only looks like a folded bit of metal - flat on the top, the bottom and across the front. The reason it received an audition for the chore was that there is nothing on it to hang and tangle into the fibers of the batting, just a plain, smooth surface. Of course, you may need to set your SM so it won't really gather one to the other - but the gathering foot did a super fast and easy joining for me. Try it the next time you're feeling frugal or desperate and must piece batting. Polly
Piecing Batting repost
Feb 27, 2009
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I saw it earlier Polly. I'll have to remember to use this foot (if I have one) when I want to avoid snagging when sewing. Thanks!
Interesting... I just pieced a few pieces of batting together and made a couple of discoveries as well...
I'd followed suggestions somewhere to match the pieces by overlapping them slightly and then cutting a gently wavy line through them. That worked well. Then I discovered that a multi-stitch zigzag was much, much better than a plain zigzag, and using the regular basic foot worked just fine.
--Heidi, who will be happy to get rid of the guilty feeling she gets seeing big batting leftovers lying around
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I sent a bale of batting pieces to Jill just before Christmas but those leftovers multiply around here almost as rapidly as the scrap bin. Making a batting by piecing is pretty much like getting one for free. Free is good. Polly
"heidi (was rabbit2b)" Interesting... I just pieced a few pieces of batting together and made a couple of discoveries as well...
I'd followed suggestions somewhere to match the pieces by overlapping them slightly and then cutting a gently wavy line through them. That worked well. Then I discovered that a multi-stitch zigzag was much, much better than a plain zigzag, and using the regular basic foot worked just fine.
--Heidi, who will be happy to get rid of the guilty feeling she gets seeing big batting leftovers lying around
Since wool is plentiful around our farm, our battings are wool. When we have pieces / parts laying around, we felt them together. This way there is no sewing needed.
Regards,
Rick Boesen Olivet, MI
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