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Originally Posted by wbs
hello i can get 27" batting off the shelf locally i don't have order or get a large amount the seat springs are about 42" i am an amateur upholsterer i understand cotton batting is the best my ques is: can i join peices of batting to form a larger piece and if so best way to do so? thank you
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Yes, you can join cotton batting by tearing the jointed edges. If you cut the batting with shears, there will always be a line, but if you tear or shred the edges, it blends without a seam.
As far as cotton to tuft or stuff the seat cover, I use loose cotton that typically goes by the trade name Dirty Cotton or Natural Cotton. We buy it in a large bundle and then store it in a covered plastic trash can. This allows us to pull out and fluff exactly what we need. I can touch a cushion or seatback (-or sometimes just look at the cover and tell you immediately whether it has synthetic or organic cotton, so if you don't care about accuracy or authenticity, then synthetic is fine.