NEW PRODUCT ALERT - Baste Your Quilts Without Fussy Pins Or Messy Glue!

Have you been wishing that there was an easier way to baste quilts than tediously pinning (not to mention having to remove those pins as you quilt) or spraying a chemical glue that gets everywhere? Your wish has come true!

Quilters Select Free Fuse Basting Powder is a brand new fusible basting product that creates a semi-permanent bond between fabrics.

To baste a quilt just lay out your batting, sprinkle on Free Fuse, and place your backing fabric over the batting.

Press with an iron and then flip the piece over, sprinkle Free Fuse on the other side of the batting, add your quilt top and press, and voila - your quilt is basted and ready for quilting AND you don't need to remove or quilt around safety pins or deal with a sewing machine needle that gets gunked up with glue.

Free Fuse has many other uses as well, such as art quilting, appliqué, fusing fabric to fabric, making your own fusible stabilizer, and lots more.

Comments

#17 JOHNANDERSON 2019-01-24 10:23

Quoting Elaine:

What happens if the powder gets on your iron? Does it clean up easily?

Hi Elaine, We recommend that you use a pressing cloth or parchment in areas where this may get on your iron.

#16 Sewsie 2019-01-22 08:58

Has anyone tried sprinkling the powder onto the backing fabric instead of onto the batting? And then onto the backside of the quilt top instead of onto the batting? How do you like this as opposed to sprinkling onto the batting?

#15 Elaine 2019-01-21 08:30

What happens if the powder gets on your iron? Does it clean up easily?

#14 Marlette0613 2019-01-21 06:40

I agree with the lady who commented about having to put the quilt on the floor if it's a queen/king. Trying to keep a king sized quilt even while moving it around on an ironing board would be very difficult.

As for semi permanence..... 505 spray is permanent which is the main reason why I don't use it. Fumes is the other.

For large quilts I would prefer to have them machine basted by a longarm quilter. It's inexpensive, compared to the cost of this product, no fumes, no aches and pains.

Yes, this might be good for appliqué but so isElmer's school glue when used properly, little dots around the area near the edge, not on the edge, unless you're machine stitching. Then, it doesn't matter if it's close to the edge.

#13 Hardy 2018-10-01 07:02

Have any long term studies been down? Does it get brittle or discolor the top or the batting over time?

#12 Alex 2018-09-30 10:02

Hi everyone - just getting to the til end of retreat (which is why this is so late in response). Here are some of the answers you have to questions. It does not gum up the machine needle. It is a super soft pliable product that is semi permanent. I have used it for two quilts thus far and it works like a dream! It is not Bonash - it is different. I do usually make smaller quilts , but for larger ones just work how i did in the video, but also side to side. I used both a cotton poly and cotton batting. My wool batting is too porous. No need to tape down the backing. Whew - I think that is it.

#11 Pax 2018-09-29 13:28

I like the idea but checked the price. $20 and Alex said in the video it will do a full size quilt. That’s a bit steep (having to use several cans on anything larger than a full). I’m on a budget so I’ll have to keep suffering with spray. I might try it though since I have several smaller quilts to do.

#10 Irene M 2018-09-28 22:37

One question. Will it gum up needles at all? I would love to use it for applique In The Hoop machine embroidery projects. Did I hear correctly that it is made from polyester?

#9 gladmaker 2018-09-28 15:48

The problem with this product is that for a large quilt, you either need a very large table or lay it on the floor. On the floor would require you to crawl around on your hands and knees with an iron which for me is very difficult. Then you have to turn it over and repeat the process. I can't see doing this on an ironing board. It would be OK for a small quilt, but pinning a small quilt is easy. At least with the spray, it doesn't need to be ironed.

#8 Kristie 2018-09-28 13:13

This looks exactly like BoNash fuse it powder.

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