No-spray, no-pin method of basting
 

For those who are tired of pinning and can't tolerate spray, here's a neat method of basting that I thought a brilliant idea.

http://quiltingdigest.com/how-to-bas...-or-stitching/

Wow! I'm so glad I saw this, Peggi. Thank you!
I've been glue basting but even with that I sometimes get creases on the back. I'm definitely going to get some of this!

This looks so much better than pinning. When you have the Mistyfuse fused to the fabric, then press it to the batting, does it flatten the batting? Does it depend on what batting you are using? Polyester will flatten but not wool or cotton? Inquiring minds want to know!

Sorry, janiebakes, I don't know the answers to your questions. I haven't tried this technique, I just posted it here so everyone else could benefit.

I've been using Misty Fuse since it first was available. No one really knew what it was back then so I scored a 50 yard bolt of it at clearance price. I'm still using off the bolt. I haven't seen it sold on the bolt since. Now it comes in yard rolls.

I watched a few videos and am wondering if you can use it for quilt layers. I mean you probably can but wouldn't you need a ton of it? I looked for bolts but couldn't find any.
It sure looks like a good method though.

One of these days I'm going to finish my Cal. King size quilt for our bed. Now I know y'all have heard me talking about this for several years now & that I've decided to not put batting in it & will use it more as a bed spread instead of a quilt. I wonder if I could use the Misty Fuse on the top & bottom layers to keep them fused together while I sew the two pieces together. Has anyone ever done that with Misty Fuse?

Here it is directly from the Mistyfuse site. You can purchase it by the bolts from them. It is expensive.

https://www.mistyfuse.com/collection...2-5yd-packages

Bolts are available at www.mistyfuse.com

Thank you Peckish, I don't think I would have found this product on my own. I went to the websites listed and did a little poking around. She uses wool batting and "irons lightly" using the highest heat. There is some loss of the battings loft. If I were using this product, I would hold the iron barely touching the fabric and let the heat do the fusing. That is the theory anyway. If someone has tried ironing Mistyfuse onto batting please let us know.

I wonder how this would work in pieces. In other words, not covering 100% of the quilt with it but maybe using strips or something. With pin basting and even with glue basting I don't try to cover the entire thing.

The webite says that you can.

Yes gale, if you scroll down and keep reading, it says you can cut the fusible into small squares and fuse them every 4-6 inches.

I have found glue basting the best for me right now. This product looks promising. I will do a bit more research on this just to insure it is worth the $$.

I'm getting ready to see where it's available online and get a good amount. Soon as I get to it, I'll let you know how it handles.

I was totally unaware of this product and am completely excited about it. Thanks for the share, Peckish.

The best price I saw was Amazon. I believe it was for a 10 yard roll- 20 inches wide. Maybe around $30.00. I want to try it!

thank you both. The page wouldn't load for me so I wasn't able to read the article.

Nothing official here .......
ut my first thoughts would be polyester would flatten because it would melt with the heat needed to get the Misty Fuse to activate, IOW adhere! Whereas, wool/cotton would probably handle the heat without problems. Any flattening effect, would probably bounce back after the fact.

Again, nothing official .... and just my guesses!

I emailed the company and asked if it could be used on poly. I got an immediate reply from them! The lady suggested that I fuse the web to the top and backing first, then use steam to fuse it to the poly batt. She offered to send me a sample 1/2 yard to experiment with. I'll report back when I get it!

Speed and free samples ....... how impressive!!