Bonding may be used with a huge array of fabrics and is an excellent way of using recycled materials. It was originally sold as a narrow strip of bonding film used to ‘stick’ hems and turnings in place when heat was applied.

There are now many products especially designed to use with fabric and these include ‘Wonder Under’, fusible web in various forms but most often it is supported on a silicone paper (Bondaweb) which can be useful for many of the techniques. There is also a bonding powder which resembles salt in texture and this can be excellent when dealing with small areas and ‘tucking in’ edges and corners.

This product is one which we have both carried on trips abroad and has added to the general embarrassment factor experienced by the embroiderer traveling through customs and immigration with ‘unusual items’ such as packets of white powder!