Originally Posted by thepolyparrot

This is my favorite batting if I'm trying to quilt something that hasn't got the greatest piecing. Or maybe a top has been washed and dried in the dryer and is a mess on the back.

The fusible really beats a misbehaving top into submission. I try to set up my big 8' square makeshift basting table to do it, so that I can get it as smooth as I possibly can before I start ironing. I either start at one edge and fold it up as I go, or if I can reach the middle, I start from the middle and work outwards all around.

Then you have to turn it over and iron the backing fabric.

It adheres better if the fabric is not starched.

It's unbeatable for small quilts, but I've used the entire queen size batt on a couple of quilts, piecing around the edges where necessary. I usually don't put the borders on a king size quilt until the main area is quilted, and if you don't need the fusible feature in the borders, you can just use strips of 80/20 and pin. I like fusible for everything, though.

I do add a few pins around the edges - I fold the backing fabric to the front and cover the outside half-inch of the top with the backing to protect the edges and keep it from coming apart.

I quilt everything on my domestic sewing machines and I think the stiffness of the fusible helps me move the quilt around. After you wash the quilt, it becomes as soft and drapey as a quilt made with 80/20.

I stock up on it at Connecting Threads when it's on sale for 30% off. It's on sale right now, at $16.09 - plus you get free shipping on orders over $50. :)