Elmer's School Glue instead of pinning? Do you really do this?
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I belong to a quilting group in southeast georgia. One of our quilters had shown us her technique using the elmer school glue for binding. It is and was an awesome lesson. I use the Elmer's Clear School Glue. It helps me so much then I machine stich to secure the binding in place.I love this method as a Needle and My fingers, Not a winner in heaven. By the way if the quilter who taught this to our group is reading this, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH. YOUR ARE LOVED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN. GENNIE
#53
I too use school glue for holding bindings together before sewing the final seam, whether I stitch by hand or machine. Sharon Schamber has videos to show how to do it. Any washable glue will work. I usually make art quilts and don't bother to wash them. Don't use too much glue, because then your fabric will get stiff and it'll be difficult to hand sew.
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I just finished my first quilt using only Elmer's School Glue for basting my quilt sandwich. Not a pin anywhere and it is smooth, smooth, smooth! Usually, I thread baste because I don't like machine quilting around all the pins I used to baste with. Didn't notice any drag or anything when I went through the glue. I have a 6' banquet table that I baste on, and I did it in sections - glued 1/3 of quilt starting in the middle and let it dry an hour or so. I will DEFINITELY be doing this again...forever! The quilt I just finished is roughly twin size. It's technically a lap quilt, but I like them long enough to tuck under feet and go all the way to my chin, plus tuck around whoever while they're laying on the couch for a nap, LOL. I was making tons of doll clothes in between quilting, so it got moved on and off my sewing table and nothing moved. It was wonderful.
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