How do I splice batting?

[Della]

Hi all....need some help again. I have a quilt to do that is 111x130. My widest batting is 108. How should I splice? Do I need to actually stitch the two pieces together or can I just lay them down beside each other?

[ffq-lar]

Try to find the new-ish batting fuse tape. You butt the batting pieces together and iron it on. It works OK--it didn't hold all the way along with one customer quilt I did. But it's do-able and you get a better result than a zigzag stitch or hand sewing together. Careful with poly batting that you don't melt it.

[Zora]

I second the fusible batting tape. The tape itself is poly, so you do have to watch the iron temp. I have used it to fuse both sides of the splice, both front and back, and it holds better that way. It is still undectable even with the two layers of batting tape. I rotary cut the batting edges to get a nice clean edge. It works great. If you can't find that, I would hand sew the edges together. When I machine sew, I get stretching that is a problem to deal with.

[Corey]

Joan's is selling the fusible tape. I fuse the top and fuse the bottom, that is 2 strips to control the stretch.

Use a strip of muslin when you press.

Corey

[Della]

Thanks so much!!! If I hand stitch the two pieces together, do I overlap them?

[shirleyl]

No you butt them up and do a hand zig zag stitch. Or that is how I did it before I bought the tape.

Shirley

[Busy Quilting]

Iron on interfacing the stuff you use inisde shirt cuff/collars works just as well. Cut it 2- 2 1/2" wide. I only ever put it on the scrim side of the batting.

[Quilting Heidi]

The fusible batting tape works great. IF you can't find it just go the Joanns and get some tricot stabilizer, that is all it is. You can either piece it or get a few yards of it and cut your own strips.

[AHuffman]

Here's a video I did a while back on how to splice batting on an APQS frame. I just use strips I've cut from non-woven fusible interfacing and iron it on the frame. In the video I show how to cut the two battings to meet. These days I cut a curvy line instead of a straight line to help it blend better. (read the comments on the video after you watch it and you'll see what I mean).

[Della]

Thanks, Angela. I need to splice the length, don't I, since the quilt is 111x130. What I really need is a roll of wider batting! lol

[Acesgame]

I have done charity quilts, baby quilts and utilitarian quilts with pieced batting. just overlap the edge by a 0.25-0.50 inches. When it's done, anyone would be hard pressed to find it. If you don't want to do it with a customer quilt try it on a practice scrap and see for yourself. I bet it doesn't feel any stiffer than with fusible interfacing. Of course, these other ladies quilt much better than I do, but I was taught this by a professional and really I couldn't tell the difference.

[witha'K'quilting]

I agree with angela on cutting a curvy line. I whipstitch the 2 pieces together by hand. Never had a problem.

[Antoinette]

You need to piece it on the width. I don't have good luck with doing the fusible right on the frame. I always seem to end up with a little gap between the two pieces, operator error for sure. I've never tryed it off the frame. So I usually stitch it together by hand.

[GrandmaLKB]

I've only spliced with the tape while on the frame........usually because I came up short or I was just trying to use up some pieces of batting. This is done when make charity quilts that won't get a lot of TLC. Anyway, it works great. I, too, tried the tricot interfacing used for garments first just to see if it worked. When it did, I bought the tape at a quilt show. Many quilt shops carry it now, too.

[DottyRN]

I just zigzag with the two edges lined up side by side, not overlapping. I think it works better than overlapping. have not tried the tape, but my friend loves it...