Thread: What is your favorite Fusible?

Wonder under and Heat and Bond Lite. Regular H & B is not intended to be sewn through.

thank you My quilter's friend for all the info and links, about the fusible

For cotton fabric, I love Pellon's Wonder Under. For wool, I'd go with H&B Lite.

I especially like Steam a Seam. It comes as Steam a Seam 2 or Lite Steam a Seam 2, which is for shear and light weight fabrics. It is a double stick fusible web and is available by the yard, in sheets, and also in 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch tape. You trace, stick, cut, peel and place and then press once you are sure of your placement. Your appliques sticks in place and is repositionable until pressed with an iron, press only once for a permanent bond. I favour it over other products I have used over the years.

Originally Posted by Betty J

I especially like Steam a Seam. It comes as Steam a Seam 2 or Lite Steam a Seam 2, which is for shear and light weight fabrics. It is a double stick fusible web and is available by the yard, in sheets, and also in 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch tape. You trace, stick, cut, peel and place and then press once you are sure of your placement. Your appliques sticks in place and is repositionable until pressed with an iron, press only once for a permanent bond. I favour it over other products I have used over the years.

This is my preference too. I've used others but this is my favorite.

Originally Posted by Betty J

I especially like Steam a Seam. It comes as Steam a Seam 2 or Lite Steam a Seam 2, which is for shear and light weight fabrics. It is a double stick fusible web and is available by the yard, in sheets, and also in 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch tape. You trace, stick, cut, peel and place and then press once you are sure of your placement. Your appliques sticks in place and is repositionable until pressed with an iron, press only once for a permanent bond. I favour it over other products I have used over the years.

This is also my choice, have had problems with wonder under with seeing the grid pattern of the fusible on some of the appliques.

I buy the Wonder Under because it is easy to find and the price is right HOWEVER I do have problems with it.Maybe you smart women here can help me. It does not hold a complete fuse.Holds enough that I can work with it. I have tried pressing more and pressing less but neither works well.Do I need to prewash fabric?(UGH)Saleslady said she didn"t. Dee

Originally Posted by deeleigh

I buy the Wonder Under because it is easy to find and the price is right HOWEVER I do have problems with it.Maybe you smart women here can help me. It does not hold a complete fuse.Holds enough that I can work with it. I have tried pressing more and pressing less but neither works well.Do I need to prewash fabric?(UGH)Saleslady said she didn"t. Dee

I just did a search - and the only thing I could find was "Do not use fabric softeners" with this product.

I "think" I read somewhere - but of course I can't find that somewhere right now - that fusibles do stick better to washed fabrics (with NO fabric softeners) than unwashed fabrics.