A teflon coated fiberglass mat works perfectly as a pressing aid to protect the batting. (And they are perfect for pressing your blocks as your iron will glide over them with no distortion in bias; works well with any fusible techniques). Some cotton batting has some polyester in the scrim which will scorch.
@@Patchworkposse They are perfect for laying a on top of your wool pressing mats to preserve them. They are inexpensive on Amazon, and can be cut to size. Misty Fuse sells Goddess Sheets, but I'm too cheap. They are super heat conductive too. I wouldn't quilt without them.
I'm really not sure! You may have to watch the setting on your iron and not get too hot- you could test a small section. Poly works a little differently than cotton. You may want to connect the pieces by sewing - that works no matter what the content is of the batting.
Thanks so much for showing this process. I've been curious about this and now plan to use it to put together some of my batting pieces.
Glad it was helpful! I always have a little (or big) pile of batting pieces hanging around that could always use this technique.
This is a great way to join those scraps! 😍
I think so too!
been doing this by hand (I don't like how it comes out by machine) - nice to have an option
I've never done it by hand- large basting stitches would probably work great. thanks for the tip!
@@Patchworkposse Yep, that's what I do; basting zig zags. It can be kind of relaxing really.
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
You bet!
A teflon coated fiberglass mat works perfectly as a pressing aid to protect the batting. (And they are perfect for pressing your blocks as your iron will glide over them with no distortion in bias; works well with any fusible techniques). Some cotton batting has some polyester in the scrim which will scorch.
ooo - I will have to look into this one! It's so true about the scorching, you do have to be careful with that.
@@Patchworkposse They are perfect for laying a on top of your wool pressing mats to preserve them. They are inexpensive on Amazon, and can be cut to size. Misty Fuse sells Goddess Sheets, but I'm too cheap. They are super heat conductive too. I wouldn't quilt without them.
It looks like you're using cotton batting. Will this work on poly batting?
I'm really not sure! You may have to watch the setting on your iron and not get too hot- you could test a small section. Poly works a little differently than cotton. You may want to connect the pieces by sewing - that works no matter what the content is of the batting.
You might want to use a non stick pressing mat for polyester or simply parchment paper and do a test. I would not iron directly on polyester batting.