Quilt batting tutorial

We are now ready to combine the three layers of our quilt sandwich and ‘quilt’ our project. There are a variety of methods for quilting. I’m going to focus on machine quilting, but we’ll discuss others as well. Basting: Basting is a very important step in the quilting process. It seems tedious, but doing it … Continued

Waste not, want not, right?! I have a thing for piecing scraps of batting together to use in small projects. It’s not the only time I piece batting, but there’s something satisfying about using what I have and making do. Here I am preparing to piece four different bits together, (don’t laugh), to use in a table runner :)There are many other reasons you may need to piece batting. If your quilt is odd-sized and the packaged batting needs to be made longer or wider, you may need to add a strip…

Quilt Batting - What is it & when different batting types are used? - It's Only Fabric And Thread

Peg Spradlin provides quilt batting tips for your quilts. Watch and learn about all the different types of batting you can use.

If you're like me (and most quilters for that matter), you probably keep the batting scraps you trim off before you bind a quilt. I used to keep them thinking I'll make coasters and other little things from them, but somewhere after my second or third quilt, I quickly realized that nobody needs *that* many coasters. So

Basically the definition of a quilt is a blanket made of a top (front) and back with a layer of batting sandwiched in between and held together by some kind of stitching through all three layers. Today we are going to discuss choosing batting and backs. There is a wide variety of quilt battings available … Continued

Basting a quilt is when you sandwich the quilt in three layers: the quilt top, batting and the backing. You need to baste these three layers together before doing the actual quilting. Here’s …

Before you can quilt you need to baste all of your quilt layers together. Continue reading to see how easy it is to get this job done!

Once you have finished your quilt top, it is time to choose your batting. When it comes to quilt batting types, there are a lot of factors to consider. Which is the warmest quilt batting? Which is hi loft batting? Which is low? With How to Choose the Best Quilt Batting, you will learn all about batting and what batting to use when quilting your next project. When discussing types of quilt batting, there are different fibers, thicknesses (also known as loft), and other features, such as…

Jessica from Anita Goodesign takes you step-by-step in this tutorial on how to finish your quilt. This is Step Two: Adding Batting and Backing using the "sti...