Quilting Fusible Tape

Quilting fusible tape is a secret weapon designed especially for sewists. It’s used for many things from piecing together batting scraps to adding applique designs and even to attach binding. It’s absolutely magical!

When we’re talking about batting tape for quilting, it helps you fuse together those leftover scraps of leftover batting and guess what? Nobody will ever know. 

Here’s how to use fusible batting tape: Take your larger pieces of batting left over from other projects and combine them into full sized batting to save you money. Align extra pieces of batting together and connect them with fusible batting tape using your iron. Simply press the quilt batting tape on with a hot iron and it will stick to the batting permanently. 

And as a side note, don’t try using batting seam tape with 100% polyester batting as it will melt! Only connect cotton batting with fusible batting seam tape. Try not to use more than three seams to create your pieced batting and don’t worry if the edges aren’t completely straight, no one will be the wiser once it’s all quilted! Watch Natalie use this technique in this Final Stitch video tutorial..

Another handy use for fusible bias tape is when you are binding your quilt. There is a great little tool called a fusible bias tape maker that helps you add fusible tape right inside your binding for a fast, fabulous finish. Iron on bias tape is great when you don’t want to mess with fiddly binding or when you’re just starting out quilting. It’s also great for curved or scalloped edges. Try out the handy Clover bias tape maker along with some Clover fusible bias tape and see just how easy it really is!

At this point, you’ll be asking how to use fusible bias tape and it couldn’t be simpler. Take your Clover fusible bias tape maker, insert the fusible web in the upper groove, then insert your binding fabric in the lower groove. Pull both materials through the bias tape maker at the same time as you iron. Finally, remove the adhesive tape and apply the binding to the edge of your quilt! When you go to iron it on, it will stick to the edge and all you have to do is stitch it down.

Shop our selection of batting tape for quilting right here at Missouri Star and see what you can create with easy to use heat press batting tape. It’s useful for so much more than just batting!