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I will be sandwiching a baby quilt soon & I don't think I want to use basting spray.
1. Does anyone use the fusible batting?
2. How does it work?
3. Do you have to iron it to your quilt top? 4. Does it work good?
5. Does it come in different weights? (I think I want a lightweight batting for this quilt).
6. Can I buy it at JoAnn's?

Any other answers/suggestions would be appreciated.

The answer to all your questions are.. Yes ma'am

I've used it for baby quilts and liked it. For me, it's easier than spray basting. I usually have fuss just a little while ironing, but it's not too bad.

May gave you a pretty good answer!

I bought it once and didn't like it..the glue seemed to be in chunks and it was hard in those spots.

I use cheap hair spray instead of spray adhesive and just iron it til it's dry...learned that trick from Jayardi at the last COF retreat!

i only use it on wall hangings, i tried it once on a larger quilt, and i just hated working with it..

you can spray baste a baby quilt, once it is washed it will be fine.

I don't care for the fusible batting either.

I get mine at Joannes and I use it when I am making purses,works fine for me but these are smaller pieces of fabric than a baby quilt.

Wanda

I have used a few types of fusible batting and would definitely use it again, but it would depend upon the type and the project.

The types that I have used include Hobbs (would use again) and the June Tailor (would NOT use again). The June Tailor was from Jo-Ann's and it was not a consistent thickness throughout.

The instructions that I remember said you could fuse just one side of the fabric to the batting by pressing without steam or do all three layers at once with steam.

Even though I didn't care for the thickness issues on the June Tailor, the fusible batting was the only product that I wanted to use for that project. It was a two-sided quilt that I had to line up exactly front and back. It took some fussing with, but was definitely worth it in the end .

Good luck!

I've never used fusible batting so can't give you any advice. But I'm curious about why you don't want to use basting spray. Is it because you just don't like working with it or because you are afraid it might not be good to use on something for a baby? If it's the latter, just wash the quilt after it is done and all the spray will be gone.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I will probably just use the basting spray. I generally use the spray but I don't like having to put down paper to catch the overspray...just call me lazy.... I'm not concerned about the spray for the baby as I always was my quilts before I give them away.

when I use basting spray, I do a light spritz more in the center and let the overspray get the edges. I really haven't had any problem with using it. I use it on my George table and haven't needed to clean it up afterwards.

I've tried fusible batting only once. The one I used was June Taylor polyester low loft. It was for a relatively small (about 45" x 55) quilt. I used steam to fuse the layers so as to bond both front and back at the same time. I had some problems with "rumples" where the quilt hung over the edge of the ironing board but eventually got those worked out. Then when I tried to quilt the thing was so stiff it was difficult to stuff into the small space (I was using a machine with just a 6" harp at the time) available at the machine. And there were some chunks of hard stuff like sewlovetoquilt mentioned.