Thread: Misty Fuse

I've used Misty Fuse and love the lightness of it. It's super thin and soft. To me it's not a totally permanent bond. It holds just long enough to stitch down. If I make a mistake, I can reposition it. I would think it would grab the wool fibers and work great. Just a guess.

Originally Posted by Onebyone

Misty Fuse has no added adhesive so it won't be a permanent hold for applique.

Maybe we at Mistyfuse are too cryptic sometimes with our descriptions! What we mean when we say " no added adhesive" is that we don't have a coating of temporary stickiness on Mistyfuse. Mistyfuse is a permanent fusible. We don't like what happens with the sticky extra adhesives that are added to the surface of some fusibles for temporary placement. And we just don't think they're necessary. For a temporary bond you can "pin" a Mistyfused fabric with a swift poke with the tip of a hot iron and still easily remove the piece if you choose with no harm, no residue anywhere. Hope that clarifies up our point about no added adhesives!

Originally Posted by Onebyone

I fuse it to the back of the fabric. Cut as usual. We might be talking about a different Misty Fuse product. There are or use to be several different types. I bought this bolt some years ago when a show winner told me she fused it to her quilt top before layering. It is a stabilizer.

It is true, some people do use Mistyfuse as a stabilizer! This is especially true for many people working with silk since Mistyfuse keeps the cut edges from fraying. But it is still a fusible. Iron that Mistyfused fabric onto batting or something else and it will stick. For that reason some people then back it with a sheer fabric—essentially making an interfacing with their choice of fabric. The results can be stunning. And while it is true that we have some variations on Mistyfuse—White, Black and Ultraviolet and we market it in bolts and different sized packages—we have never had another configuration (i.e., and fabric or paper-backed version) besides what we have today. Thank you for being a Mistyfuser!

The product I use was purchased at a Quilt Show, Marti Michell's daughter is the vendor and distributor.

Originally Posted by toverly

The product I use was purchased at a Quilt Show, Marti Michell's daughter is the vendor and distributor.

Just to clear up any product confusion or misidentification...Mistyfuse is not sold or distributed as you describe here, by Marti Michell's daughter, so what you use is not Mistyfuse. Mistyfuse is produced and distributed here in the US by Attached Inc aka Mistyfuse and is not sold under any name other than Mistyfuse®.

Thanks Mistyfuse, you know how it is, once the label is off, who knows what it is. Glad you could clear up my confusion.

Thanks Mistyfuse!