Quiltntime

Thanks to everyone for their input. I bought this heavy Pellon fleece at Wall Mart for $3.97 yd.

I read on another site that Joann's has a fusible fleece that's extremely hard to quilt with, so you might stay away from that one.

I'm going to quilt a sample before I use it on my large wall hanging. It will be a great find, if it works!

Jeannie

Klue, is that the only thing you use between the top fabric and the lining of a bag? I make bags but have not used it before.

kluedesigns

yes 90% of the time its the only thing between the outer and inner fabric.

if i'm working with silk, other difficult fabrics, or i really want the bag to hold an odd shape - i'll use a product called Fuse A Shade.

its a thin but firm non-woven fusible product. i'll put that on first and then i fuse the Pellon Fusible Fleece over it.

i also put the pellon fleece in the straps of the bags.

Jeannie

Thanks! Can you get Fuse A Shade at JoAnn's?

kluedesigns

yes, you can get it by the yard or the bolt. i buy the bolt with the 50% coupon.

you'll only find it at the joanns that has a home dec dept though - if not the website might carry it.

BellaBoo

I have had some problems with the fusible fleece wrinkling the fabric when ironed. I read somewhere to sew interfacing to the fabric and then fuse the fleece to that to prevent the wrinkling.

kluedesigns

you have to make sure the steam is off on your iron and don't even have water in the tank.

then you have to lay the iron down and leave it there for a few seconds, do not move it around, then lift it up and place it down again in the next location, do not move it around, try to make a little overlap between pressing sections that way you adhere all the sections.

if you're working with thin or difficult fabrics (silk, t shirt, etc) use the fuse a shade first then put the fleece down.

Quiltntime

I only have 2" overlap on each side of the top before quilting. I usually like to have about 4". Do you think the fleece width would be sufficient? Like you, I don't like to piece batting together.

kluedesigns

2" over is fine - the fusible batting doesn't shrink up too much when quilted.

Quiltntime

You're a world of knowledge! It's really nice to have quilting resources so close for any problems. Thank you so much! :-)