Prism--I appreciate your invaluable posts. My goal is a queen-sized Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt using 3/4-inch hexagons (requiring over 3500 hexies). I envision it as a "carry around" project to last me until the end of days. ;->)
My questions to you pertain to that class of fusible stabilizers that supposedly transform into soft poly (or cotton) fibers after washing. IOW, you don't remove the EPP stabilizer shapes but leave them in your quilt. After washing, the stabilizer glue disappears and only soft fibers remain. Those fibers are said not to stiffen or add bulk to the quilt.
I am trying to understand the science and generics of these miracle fusibles but none of the ones I think I might know about (Ricky Tims' stable stuff poly is one of the products only, it is a tear-away, not a fusible, Helen Stubbing's Hug's 'N Kisses EPP stabilizer and precut iron on shapes, Soft Fuse--one of Sue Nickel's favorites, some product sold by Judy Niemeyer, etc.) are described similarly but just dissimilarly enough that I am not sure whether I am comparing apples to apples as I try to select the most affordable option. I have Sizzix hexagon dies, a Brother Scan N Cut, and am subscribed to Inklingo, so I can easily make my own EPP precuts once I settle on a fusible, leave-in stabilizer that won't cost an arm and a leg and won't leave my quilt heavier and/or stiffer.
Are any of the products you have mentioned for sure the kind where the stabilizer leaves soft fibers after washing? Has anyone else reading this thread gotten to the bottom of this class of stabilizer? Many thanks.