Belfrybat

A friend has asked me to make a quilt using her deceased husband's ties. They are a mixture of 100% silk and 100% polyester and one acetate. I'm doing a Dresden Plate motif using the larger ends. I've deconstructed them and need an iron on stabilizer before I start cutting and piecing. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best kind that uses low heat to fuse? It has been many years since I needed fusible interfacing, so I don't know which to purchase.

RedGarnet222

I think I would go with a Pellon light weight fusable made for knits. That way it will stay soft enough for a quilt and not add too much bulk.

PaperPrincess

I am making a quilt from silk shirts and I'm using Mistyfuse, which was recommended by board members. Fuses at a low enough temp for silk and doesn't change the hand.

Scissor Queen

Misty fuse is a fusible web, not an interfacing. I'd go to a decent fabric store and see what they have on the shelf and read every single label to find the right one.

Lilrain

I would check out different light weight fusible interfacings. You need to stabilize but not stiffen too much

ckcowl

tricot or a lightweight woven interfacing- they are generally fairly inexpensive- use a pressing cloth- available at most (fabric/sewing stores) like joannes.

patchsamkim

I would check the featherweight interfacing...ask the clerks, read the labels...and report back what works.

SmickChick

I have dismantled hundreds of ties. I've used the lightest weight Pellon, however, I have found that a very heavy starch....the blue liquid Sta-flo diluted only like 1:1 gives a wonderful stiffness--and is cheaper! Of course the quilt should be washed so the starch is removed after construction.

Belfrybat

Thank you all for your ideas--please keep them coming. I'm over 150 miles from the closest fabric store other than a Walmart which is why I asked on here. Anything I purchase will need to be ordered. My concern is I can't use high heat to fuse the stabilizer, and most of the descriptions I've read do not provide the heat setting used. I did use a pressing cloth to press most of the folds out of the deconstructed ties since my iron doesn't even provide steam at the poly/silk temps.
I hadn't thought of using starch. All I can find locally is the spray, but it is heavy starch. Do you think two applications might work?

Geri B

when you finish and was to remove that starch, doesn't that effect the silk tie/poly-silk combo tie/and the probably cotton of background fabric? I am planning on making a few from my deceased husband, but was going to just disassemble, use a non woven interfacing and machine applique to background. I do not want to have to wash after construction of same.....these will be wallhanging to be distributed to family members........