i use wonder under now, never had any problems

I was a dedicated Wonder Under user until I took a class and the instructor had little kits with Heat 'n Bond lite. I don't think it's any softer but the edges of the applique are bonded better and you get a whole lot less edge fraying.

What is handler?

I've no idea what 'handler' is either, but then again, there's several products we name differently (e.g. wadding=batting), lol.

I like this better for machine appliqué than Steam a Seam Lite, which builds up gluey gunge on your needle.

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Handler is Handler Fusible Trans-Web. It's a paper backed fusible web.
http://www.createforless.com/Handler.../pid19238.aspx
They make interfacings and stabilizers as well.

I'm a big appliqué quilter and started out withWonder Under but now use Heat and Bond. There is a lightweight and heavyweight. I have found though especially with Wonder Under if you buy on sale it doesn't stay for several months as it loses its stickiness. That is mostly the reason I changed to another product even though it's hard to pass up when on sale and using a coupon at Joann's. Also the best way to store is rolled and upright, I put mine on a stand up paper towel holder.

Great info, thank you!!!!!

I've heard glowing praise of Sharon Schambers' stabilizer from someone at a local bee, and I was thinking of buying it at Festival. After reading around a while on the web, though, I got the idea that Floriani makes the same thing for a lower price.

By that time, though, I'd started a Baltimore Album class that involves learning needleturn, so that's so much research gone by the board.

(I wonder where "by the board" came from? Hmm.)

Thank you!

I've never found Wonder Under to 'go stale', at least not over a two plus year span. Mine is stored on the 35 yd bolt, lying flat in a dresser drawer. Scraps are tossed into a paper bag for later use. It always holds tight, never lifts at the edges, and remains supple. I can hand stitch through multiple layers without getting gunk all over my needle, can tack fuse to give me the ability of moving something if I'm not positive of the placement, can run it through my printer to print patterns instead of tracing them, and can use the release paper to transfer patterns directly to fused fabric so I don't have to cut through paper and dull my scissors. I've even been known to paint the glue side and fuse it to the top side of fabric as surface embellishment/texture on art quilts. I love the stuff!


About "go by the board"...board refers to the decking or side of a ship (like overboard). The literal phrase dates back to the 17th century and originally referred to sailing ships masts that had fallen either onto the deck or over the side of the ship. The figurative phrase dates to the mid-19th century. :)