Fusible batting

The fusing lasts long enough to quilt it. I thought that the fusing was permanent, and I wouldn't have to do any stitching to hold it together. Nope! Ok, I was young (younger, anyway) and inexperienced and didn't have access to this group. :-)

I think it would work well for quilts that you are going to machine quilt right away. From my experience, it does not stay fused long, days, not months, but you can re-fuse it again. It strikes me as too stiff to hand quilt, but I could be wrong there.

By "bumpy" do you mean it appears stretched out in places, making hills? Or is the fiber bunched in knots making lumps? Bumpy-stretched out will go away with steam. Lumpy knots probably not, but may not be noticible in the final product.

Did I miss previous posts from you? Welcome, Paula! I hope you like it here as much as I do!

Sunbonnet Sue quilt top=20 (lap/crib size) for my grandniece and am thinking of using the fusible. I'm new to quilting, and I've only made a few other quilts using regular batting and wonder if the fusible works well.

Hullo Paula I don't remember meeting you before? (Mind you, my memory is a senior!!). So, first of all, welcome.

I have used fusible for a little while now. It does need a good smoothing when you first put it onto the backing, but then it should be all right. It is easy to re-position. Do be sure to check both sides for puckers when ironing it on. As it always appears terribly thin to me, I do the ironing on by just holding the steaming iron over the surface. I don't actually put the weight of the iron down on it.

Once I have sandwiched the layers, I do go all around the outside edges with my basting gun (or you could use safety pins). This is so that when the quilt is being manhandled during the machine quilting, the layers at the edges (the most vulnerable) will not come apart and perhaps allow movement further in.

Good luck. It's a wonderful invention!! . In article , aluap writes

Hi Paula and Welcome to RCTQ! Great to see another Virginian here. Are you in a guild? In VCQ? I am in local guild but not VCQ. Kris and Kim E are both in NoVA. Several are in Richmond area. Several live near the Bay or Ocean. I'm on the Peninsula ... just so you know where to send your chocolate to be vetted. I have not used the fusible batting yet, so I am reading the answers right along with you.

PAT in VA/USA Official Chocolate Taster of RCTQ NG

aluap wrote:

I used it once in a vest (converting some old scrub-tops )---it was stiff, and remained so even after washing. gonna give that one away :-(

-- Jean S