Let's Get Organized: Week 22A - Batting Scraps

We thought we had covered batting, but found a couple more ideas that were very clever from Chatterbox Quilts and wanted to share them with you.

Want to re-purpose your batting bits in your work? How about dyeing it?

Or,

How about making your own basting spray? Let's all raise our hand and say, Yay!

Comments

#11 Chatterboxquilter 2016-06-16 22:16

Thanks for all the comments and questions. First, I cut my dyed batting into applique shapes and use them on my wall hangings. You can see more videos on cutting batting using die cutters on my Youtube channel.
As for the quilt basting spray, I haven't had any issues with bugs as the rubbing alcohol seems to take care of that issue. Definitely wash your quilt after it's finished to remove any residue from the basting spray. I haven't tried this spray on hand dyed fabrics, but will do so to see how it reacts and will address this in a future video.
Thank you, Kim

#10 Mari 2016-06-15 17:09

What's a use for dyed batting?????

#9 Barbara Roberts 2016-06-15 16:25

I think it would be easier to mix the rubbing alcohol while the mixture is still in the pot. It would thin it for easier pouring into the spray bottle. I'm definitely trying this!

#8 Barbara Roberts 2016-06-15 16:17

can you mix the boiled mixture and the rubbing alcohol into the pan and THEN pour it into the spray bottle? it would be already thinned out and easier to mix.

#7 Monica Bissen 2016-06-15 11:54

I would question 2 things, does the alcohol effect any hand dyed and/or batik fabrics; also is ironing both sides to activate the spray going to flatten the batting to distort for quilting? Need some research on this - anyone? any group?

:-)

#6 Piecequilts 2016-06-15 11:48

No noxious fumes!! Yeah!!I think it is a
great idea, especially for baby and
children's quilts which are washed often.
Thank you, Piecequilts

#5 mammacats 2016-06-15 09:32

I would think the spray wash would indeed wash away, Plus I would think the rubbing alcohol would deter the bugs.
However, my big question would be about the rubbing alcohol. Would that cause any kind of chemical reaction damage to some of the batiks or hand dyes that are so popular right now? I really wish that the show staff would research these things a bit and offer their own results right along with the videos. That would be the responsible thing to do.

#4 4RSWY 2016-06-15 07:22

Does spraying flour onto the quilt making it attract destructive bugs over the life of the quilt? Or will all the spray mixture wash away?

#3 Primrose Bohne 2016-06-15 06:15

So this washes off I assume once the quilt is washed?

#2 Denise 2016-06-15 04:20

Many thanks for taking the time to show us this, but frankly life is just too short to make basting spray!

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