I just realized Fusible Webbing and Heat N Bond are NOT the same thing.
 

GRRRR, I just spent 20 minutes tracing my appliqué pattern onto what I thought was the correcting backing I needed for this project. Only to find out that what I bought "fusible webbing" is NOT the same as Heat n Bond. Now I need to run back to Joanns (already been there once today) to get Heat n Bond to finish this wrestling banner I am making for DS who has his first match this Sunday.

Remember there are two types of Heat and Bond. The heavier is "no sew" . Heat and Bond lite is the one you can sew.

Misty Fuse is fusible webbing that is often preferred over Heat n Bond if you want soft appliques. The techniques to use it are a little different. If you can still see your tracing after you place the web on your fabric, just fuse to the fabric between 2 pieces of parchment paper, then cut out your tracings. Another option is to iron just the webbing between 2 pieces of parchment paper, then peel off one side. If you can see your tracing through the parchment paper, I would peel off the other side. If you can't see your tracing through the parchment paper, I would peel off the side with the tracings. You can always reinforce the tracings with a permanent Sharpie.

The biggest difference is that the appliques will be soft; Heat n Bond would make stiffer appliques.

Heat n Bond is a fusible web, too. There are several manufacturers, of which Heat n Bond is just one. They all make different types from light to heavy, Misty Fuse also comes in black.

I'm confused... isn't Heat and Bond fusible web? Web means both sides are fusible (versus interfacing where only one side is) and Heat and Bond is fusible on both sides... ???

So what is Heat n Bond if it isn't fusible webbing? And why won't something else work?

The difference is that Heat n Bond has paper attached to one side of the fusible. Fusible webbing does not.

Lots of fusible webbings have paper backs. Some have paper on both sides even. With or without paper doesn't mean it is or isn't fusible web.

Fusible web is an adhesive, that's all it is. It's glue, in a spiderweb like configuration, that melts when heated with an iron and rehardens when it cools thus sticking two surfaces together. If some other substance, like a stabilizer, stays attached to the fabric with the glue, it is not referred to as fusible web...it is fusible stabilizer (or fleece, or batting or whatever). If what you need is some type of fusible web, it won't make any difference what brand name you use...Wonder Under, Heat & Bond, Misty Fuse, Steam-a Seam, or any other.

Maybe they gave you fusible interfacing by mistake?

Fusible webbing and Heat and Bond should be interchangable, I would think, however I have never used or even seen webbing without paper on one side..

Well I am totally confused now. Let us know what you are trying to do with it.

Fusible Web is a glue substance that is adhered with heat to fabric. It has several brand names and each is preferred by someone. The ones I recall and have used are Wonder Under; Heat n Bond Lite, Heat n Bond Ultra; Steam a Seam; Steam a Seam Lite; Misty Fuse. Stitch Witchery --- most of these have paper backings. For banners without sewing I prefer the Heat n Bond Ultra (red label) as if used as directed it truly does work. Whichever fusible web one chooses, prewash all fabrics without any fabric softner used in the washer or the dryer. The prewashing helps insure that the glue of the fusible webbing attaches to the fibers of the fabric. Another trick is to just barely touch it in spots until the final heat set is done. Too hot, too long will mean that the heat activated glue may not adhere to the fabrics.The glue will melt towards the heat source not the bottom fabric.

do you just hate it when that happens.???? And the horrible thing of having to go back to JoAnns.

After a couple of disasters with Heat N Bond, I much prefer Wonder Under by Pellon. You can get it at JoAnn's. froggyintexas

Hi-

I am new to doing Applique on a background of a lap quilt i am making.

I sent for Trans-Web paper backed fusible web from JoAnn's online. I received a packet of the paper backed fusible web along w/ a packet of some rubbery-type sheet of stuff.

I finally figured out how to use the paper backed fusible web. The instructions are vague to me and i had been first told by other quilter's to use meat packing paper but then was confused on how to fuse it as i still needed to use the paper backed fusible web.

Anyway, i dont know what i am to do w/ the rubbery sheet?? What is that?

thank you, J

I agree that Heat n Bond is fusible webbing. I prefer Lite Steam a Seam 2 though...

Maybe the rubber sheet is a teflon sheet for laying on top of whatever you are ironing. So as to avoid getting the sticky stuff on your iron. Meat packing paper, or freezer paper, is not fusible web. It's helpful for other types of projects though.

eta: did the rubbery sheet package have a label? According to their website the trans web doesn't come with anything extra. Did they accidentally send you a freebie, maybe? Or was it a promo?

I think there is a mix up with words. I think what she probably need was fusible webbing and was sold fusible interfacing (which has no paper) by mistake. Hopefully June you lived near a JAF.

I figured it out (i think?) that the one is the fusible web w/ the paper back, and the other rubbery-type stuff is the interfacing that i use w/ the material too. Why dont they explain that in the Trans-Web directions?

So however it is supposed to go, i have it mostly ironed on. I'm going to stitch around the applique edges anyway.