yes I do. I butt the pieces to each other and whip stitch them by hand. They I hope for the best that the quilting will hold them in place.

I have used the method quoted below, zig-zagging, not fusing. It worked well. Now, however, I just cut up the scraps to use for swiffers. Considering what you pay for swiffer sheets, I may be saving $. LOL

From Sunrise Quilt Studios "To begin, you need to know what size of batting you want, and then gather enough pieces to make your “full” piece. You will be overlapping the pieces by about 2 inches with each seam you make, so take that into consideration.

Overlap the edges of 2 pieces of batting by 2 inches. Using your rotary cutter and mat, cut a shallow serpentine cut through the 2 layers from end to end. Remove the 2 small pieces. The larger pieces should easily butt up together. Now you can either sew the seams together using a zig-zag stitch on your sewing machine, or fuse them together using fusible interfacing or quilters fusible batting tape."

I only piece leftovers that are relatively large....the little stuff I use for practice quilt sandwiches. The machine zig zag method with increased stitch length and my walking foot works pretty well for me.

I was just thinking about this yesterday. Like you, Donna, anytime I have tried it, I ended up with puckers. Frustrating! So I often just make little clips in the seam to even things out. And I am using smaller leftovers as swiffers, like Bev does.

Not much help for you, but know you are not alone.

I rarely piece batting - mostly because I’m not very good at it so its lumpy and puckery. i use batting scraps for my cat and dog beds. some pieces I can use when making totes snd hsndbags

I only do large pieces and have all the problems mentioned. I used the fusible batting tape last time and it worked pretty well. I spray basted the quilt and everything went fairly well.

I had used it before on one of those, well, sort of, "quilt as you go" projects. I had the scrim side of the batting up, so it melted when I tried to iron on the batting tape. It was a wavy line, so the tape didn't "wave" easily. It was a mess. I was trying a method from Divide and Conquer, Quilt it your way by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan. They list several ways to join the batting. I just got the book out to see the name. I may try it again, but won't do the wavy line thing. I will probably hand baste the next section of batting onto the quilt.

Oh, by the way, thanks for the Swiffer idea.

bkay

I also butt the pieces together and whip stitch them by hand.

I actually overlap pieces by a good inch or more and sew them togerther with a zig zag stitch. Then i use scissors to trim the seam allowance down to 1/4" or so, It's almost impossible to find the seams in a finished quilt.