question about fusible batting again

OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing to
give up traditional batting for it?

I only tried it once - a few months ago - & I hated it. I had the same
problems you had. Couldn't get it to stick. I've heard others like it. I
thought I had a bad batch! Personally, I like the spray adhesive!

Pauline
"Mystified One" wrote in message
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OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing to
give up traditional batting for it?

I have given up regular batting for fusible; but I must say straight
away that this is not for bed quilts. I mostly make wall hangings and
miniatures (I've 'done' all the beds for the moment! I have found
adhesion sometimes a problem. I do use a hotter setting than wool! but
that's because I have never seen any 'official' instructions.
On my smaller quilts, I do turn them over, once I have steamed the top,
and steam the backing also. I do also go all round the edges with my
basting gun, just to keep the edges from coming unglued. Sometimes I
also re-steam the 'body' of the quilt if it seems to have worked loose
during quilting - with all the shoving and turning. Nevertheless, I do
think it's good - for my back and knees! If I were doing mostly bed
quilts or quilts for children who would like to snuggle their quilts, I
don't think I'd be happy at the feel.
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Mystified One writes
OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing to
give up traditional batting for it?



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I used Hobbs fusible and I loved it. I laid out the backing, batting and
top as you usually do and then fused the top to the batting. Then I turned
the whole thing over, smoothed the backing (now on the top), made sure it
was properly placed and then fused that too. Worked like a charm and the
quilt was queen size!

Dee in LeRoy, NY

"Pauline O'Connell" wrote in message
om...
I only tried it once - a few months ago - & I hated it. I had the same
problems you had. Couldn't get it to stick. I've heard others like it. I
thought I had a bad batch! Personally, I like the spray adhesive!

Pauline
"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving
the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't
harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing
wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone
who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing
to
give up traditional batting for it?

I have only used a June Taylor polyester one for a charity quilt. It did
fuse, but it's stiff as a board which makes quilting a bit hard, however it
does soften up when washed.

It fuses all 3 layers together at once, but the back can get wrinkles
easily. I just did a 49" square quilt the other day and hated it. I'm
going to not use steam and it will pull apart and then I'm tossing the batt.

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BarbQuilts
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"Mystified One" wrote in message
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OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing to
give up traditional batting for it?

I love it too and require it for my beginner class. However, I only
like the HOBBS brand. Forget the other stuff, it's too unpredictable.

I love it for machine quilting but I don't use it for handquilting, I
find it too stiff and sticky for that.

marcella

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"DDM" wrote:

I used Hobbs fusible and I loved it. I laid out the backing, batting and
top as you usually do and then fused the top to the batting. Then I turned
the whole thing over, smoothed the backing (now on the top), made sure it
was properly placed and then fused that too. Worked like a charm and the
quilt was queen size!

Dee in LeRoy, NY

"Pauline O'Connell" wrote in message
om...
I only tried it once - a few months ago - & I hated it. I had the same
problems you had. Couldn't get it to stick. I've heard others like it. I
thought I had a bad batch! Personally, I like the spray adhesive!

Pauline
"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
OK, I went ahead and used some fusible batting on a twin quilt. I know,
people have complained about it, but I wanted to see for myself.

I did this on a tile floor, since I didn't want to have to keep moving
the
quilt while I ironed. I also figured the heat from the iron wouldn't
harm
the tile floor.

To my surprise, I couldn't get the batting to fuse to the backing!

I did what the directions told me exactly, including the wool setting,
steam, and 3-4 seconds per iron, but for some reason the backing
wouldn't
fuse at all.

I ended up hand basting the quilt, and now I'll machine stitch it.

So my question:

Has anyone had any real luck working with this stuff? Is there anyone
who
swears by it, or thinks it's a great product? Is there anyone willing
to
give up traditional batting for it?

I only tried it once and it didn;t even stick to the batting when I unrolled
it from the package. It was too unpredictable for a large project, but I
did use it up on WH and mini-quilts.

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Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frame242/my_photos

HATE IT !!!!!!!!!! It didn't fuse for me, either.......and the hard glue
spots - yuck!
Sharon in Montreal