can you sew together two battings to make one big one?

[Sasha Anzures]

Ok her is my problem. i ran out of batting and didn't have time or money to go to town and buy more so my friends up the road who quilt said i could have some for the baby quilt im making. when i opened up the piece they gave me it was curved!!!! if i cut it in half and sew it together would that be ok to do? have any of you done it??? or would it cause a problem??? HELP!!! thanks in advance. i don't want to take off the boarder to make it work for me. OH and if it helps it is 100 percent cotton. i believe natural.

[K. McEuen]

You can sew two pieces together. Just cut them straight, line the edges up and zig zap them together. Don't overlap them as you don't want a "bump" in your quilt where there are 2 layers of batting.

[Sasha Anzures]

THANK YOU!!!!! i din't want to waste it and i don't think they meant to give me a bad piece. so just a regular zig zag stich would work great? thanks for the fast reply, i want to finish this baby quilt tonight to send it out tomorow!!!!

[Genny]

I actually ordered something called "Heat Press" fusible web for my batting. It is 1 1/2 inches wide and you iron it on your batting to join the pieces. I'm waiting to receive it so I can give it a try.

[lilmouse]

Genny, please let us know how it works....would be interested in getting some for me and my daughter if it works okay

[mamaquilt]

Dito Karen, I do it very often and it always helped.
@Genny
Whereas I would be a bit skeptical about that Heat Press fusible. How does it hold after it's been washed a couple of times? Especially in the places where there might be no quilting. Inform us about your experience please. Thanks in advance

[KatiesQuiltingCorner]

I saw a lady test out the heat fuse - it blended better in the quilted piece where she overlapped her two pieces and rotary cut them in a scallop, butted them together and then fused them. Fusing them in a straight line resulted in a gap showing up in the quilted piece. You didn't see any gap when the pieces were scallop cut and then fused.

[Nena]

I sew together pieces of batting all of the time to make my quilts. I use a zig zag stitch and just go slow. Never a problem. I have done it with very big quilts also. I hate to waste anything. Good luck with it.

[Genny]

I saw a lady test out the heat fuse - it blended better in the quilted piece where she overlapped her two pieces and rotary cut them in a scallop, butted them together and then fused them. Fusing them in a straight line resulted in a gap showing up in the quilted piece. You didn't see any gap when the pieces were scallop cut and then fused.

I'll give this a try when I receive my Heat Press.

[Genny]

Dito Karen, I do it very often and it always helped.
@Genny
Whereas I would be a bit skeptical about that Heat Press fusible. How does it hold after it's been washed a couple of times? Especially in the places where there might be no quilting. Inform us about your experience please. Thanks in advance

Maybe I should zigzag over it after using the heat press. At least the heat press would hold it in place so it'd be easier to sew together.