How to Cut Quilt Batting
Once you finish piecing a quilt together, you need to prepare batting for the quilt's center. If you're nervous about cutting the quilt batting, don't worry; although quilt batting cut to the wrong size will make your quilting more difficult, correctly cutting quilt batting is a straightforward process. Correctly prepared batting will give your hand-pieced quilts a polished look, and will ensure they are warm and durable. With a little preparation, you can cut quilt batting to exactly the size needed in just a few minutes.
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Instructions
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Unroll the batting and allow it to sit overnight. This will relax its folds and allow you to cut it accurately. According to Quilt University.com, if you can't lay the batting out overnight, an alternate technique for relaxing wrinkles is to put the batting in your dryer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
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Position the batting on top of the quilt backing. Make sure the quilt backing is facing wrong-side-up, pulled taut on all sides and secured in place. Line up the batting along the upper edge and right side of the backing.
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Smooth the batting, beginning at the center and working toward the edges.
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Place the completed quilt top on the batting layer; the upper edge and right side should rest 2 inches below the batting and quilt back edges.
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Cut the batting down to size. Remove excess material from the lower and left edges, leaving a 2-inch border around the quilt top.
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Hmmm....I don't know who wrote this but it seems evident to me that they have never quilted. You need to leave excess batting and backing of no less than 3 inches on ALL sides of the quilt. Even after basting the the quilt top, batting and backing they will shift. Without the excess backing and batting it is possible that when you are done you will have run out of batting or backing on one or more edges of the project.
