Basting with fusible interfacing ...
#1
Have any of you done this before?
I'm watching Sewing with Nancy, and she is showing how to use a fusible .. for instance, heat n bond lite, transweb or any similar that has paper on one side and fusible on the other. She puts just a bit, maybe an inch worth of fusible, and fuses it down about a fist apart, on both the top of the batt and on the fabric on the bottom (probably not explaining this right, but I think you know what I mean) then she removes the paper, presses all over with a hot iron and voila ... it is fuse basted! She is showing it on a small project but I can see how this would work great on lap quilts etc.
Wow what a great idea.
I've never pin basted a quilt. I was taught to use spray baste and that is how I've always done it. I can't wait to try it with fusible interfacing. I have lots of it cuz I buy it when it is 50% off at Joanns, usually around holidays, and use it all the time when creating fabric postcards. I think it would be tremendously less expensive than a can of spray baste.
So if you have done it, please explain your experience. If you haven't b4, do you think you will give it a try?
I'm watching Sewing with Nancy, and she is showing how to use a fusible .. for instance, heat n bond lite, transweb or any similar that has paper on one side and fusible on the other. She puts just a bit, maybe an inch worth of fusible, and fuses it down about a fist apart, on both the top of the batt and on the fabric on the bottom (probably not explaining this right, but I think you know what I mean) then she removes the paper, presses all over with a hot iron and voila ... it is fuse basted! She is showing it on a small project but I can see how this would work great on lap quilts etc.
Wow what a great idea.
I've never pin basted a quilt. I was taught to use spray baste and that is how I've always done it. I can't wait to try it with fusible interfacing. I have lots of it cuz I buy it when it is 50% off at Joanns, usually around holidays, and use it all the time when creating fabric postcards. I think it would be tremendously less expensive than a can of spray baste.
So if you have done it, please explain your experience. If you haven't b4, do you think you will give it a try?
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I do it all the time for bindings as well as other stuff. Works well. One note : heat and bond lite stains some batiks ( found out the hard way) .
I hate pinning and use fusibles ALOT in place of pins on some parts of projects.
I found wonder under is the easiest to sew through, heat and bond lite is a bit stiff ( that why I use it only for bindings, that I will machine sew) . Steam a seam is a great bond but is a bit stiff and can be harder to sew through.
I hate pinning and use fusibles ALOT in place of pins on some parts of projects.
I found wonder under is the easiest to sew through, heat and bond lite is a bit stiff ( that why I use it only for bindings, that I will machine sew) . Steam a seam is a great bond but is a bit stiff and can be harder to sew through.
#5
Originally Posted by Lori S
I do it all the time for bindings as well as other stuff. Works well. One note : heat and bond lite stains some batiks ( found out the hard way) .
I hate pinning and use fusibles ALOT in place of pins on some parts of projects.
I found wonder under is the easiest to sew through, heat and bond lite is a bit stiff ( that why I use it only for bindings, that I will machine sew) . Steam a seam is a great bond but is a bit stiff and can be harder to sew through.
I hate pinning and use fusibles ALOT in place of pins on some parts of projects.
I found wonder under is the easiest to sew through, heat and bond lite is a bit stiff ( that why I use it only for bindings, that I will machine sew) . Steam a seam is a great bond but is a bit stiff and can be harder to sew through.
I also have wonder-under but don't use it often, guess it is cuz my last batch I was challenged with the paper releasing before I even got to cut it for use... maybe it was an old piece of yardage. I'll have to look at my transweb, it probably is lighter as is the wonder-under.
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Don't you get little 'dimples' where you put the fusible pieces? I can see fusing/spray basting the whole thing, but it seems to me that you would be able to discern where the fusible was used and where it wasn't...
#10
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Don't you get little 'dimples' where you put the fusible pieces? I can see fusing/spray basting the whole thing, but it seems to me that you would be able to discern where the fusible was used and where it wasn't...
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