Thread: Woven fusible vs. unwoven fusible

Can someone please tell me what the difference is between the two fusibles and when I would want to use one and not the other?

Thanks so much.

Fran

Not sure, but I think woven fusibles are heavier and more often used in tailoring and dressmaking. Non-woven fusibles are the kind most often used by quilters -- Wonder Under, Steam-a-Seam, etc.

There is one other type I know of, fusible tricot. This is a knit fusible -- one of the best choices for making a t-shirt quilt because the t-shirt fabric remains pliable and the fusible doesn't make it too stiff or heavy. T-shirt fabric is knit, so using a knit fusible with it makes sense.

Thanks for the info! I'm going to be making a quilt out of kimono silk remnants (probably a crazy quilt) and I think the tricot that you were talking about is what I should use to back the silk with to make it easier to work with. It's a much lighter-weight fusible.

woven has a grainline, nonwoven does not

Originally Posted by Frolfsen

Thanks for the info! I'm going to be making a quilt out of kimono silk remnants (probably a crazy quilt) and I think the tricot that you were talking about is what I should use to back the silk with to make it easier to work with. It's a much lighter-weight fusible.

Yes, I think so. Check on the kind of needle you should use with silk to make sure it doesn't snag the silk, and practice sewing on a few fused scraps to make sure everything is going to work for you before commiting your good kimono remnants to the process!