I bought some beautiful fleece at a yard sale last weekend. For $1.00,I got a large amount of fleece and the simplicty pattern for the poncho. She had already cut the poncho out and sewn it. The problem is she sewed it like you do regular material and had over 1 inch of seam allowance. Didn't know this until and hour ago when I decided to finish the poncho. The seam was very bulky,I read the pattern info. Thank God she had not used a tiny zigzag which the pattern info. recommends. I was able to pull it all out without any problem. The pattern info. recommends overlapping fleece which I am going to do. NOOOW here is the question...I have never used material glue like liquid stitch. The pattern info also said you could use material glue instead of stitching. I bought a tube of Liquid Stitch now will that do the job or is there some other special glue to use with fleece?
After I glue it can I sew it without any problem if I want to?? Being this is going to my Girly Girl GrtGrndDaughter Keyli' for Christmas I want it to look as perfect as I can get it. I can see her in this it will set her hair and eyes off. She will be 5 in DEC. I took 2 pictures so you can see. The poncho has a hood. The pattern also has the scotty dog pocket book. I have to find some black fleece or dye some white that I have for that.
Thanks Bunches ahead of time,I know I will get some good input from this board as always when I need the help.

BillsBonBon

Sorry I'm not able to help you but wanted to say great find!

That's really cute!!!

I would be worried if the original owner did not prewash and dry the flannel. Flannel can shrink *ton*! You might want to measure a test piece of the extra fabric, wash it, measure it again, then dry it and measure again. That way you can give your giftee's mother has good information about how to wash the poncho without ruining it.

I am definitely not an expert on liquid stitch, but here goes anyway. I would sew the seam first and then use the liquid stitch to hold the edges down. Liquid stitch is usually used for quick hemming, or to secure an applique patch to fabric; not sure I would trust it for a seam. Flannel normally requires at least a 1/2-inch seam to prevent fraying; I wouldn't go any narrower than that, and I think overlapping an inch would be better.

[quote=Prism99]That's really cute!!!

I would be worried if the original owner did not prewash and dry the flannel. Flannel can shrink *ton*! You might want to measure a test piece of the extra fabric, wash it, measure it again, then dry it and measure again. That way you can give your giftee's mother has good information about how to wash the poncho without ruining it.

I am definitely not an expert on liquid stitch, but here goes anyway. I would sew the seam first and then use the liquid stitch to hold the edges down. Liquid stitch is usually used for quick hemming, or to secure an applique patch to fabric; not sure I would trust it for a seam. Flannel normally requires at least a 1/2-inch seam to prevent fraying; I wouldn't go any narrower than that, and I think overlapping an inch would be better.[/quote\



Hi Prism 99,
Thanks for the help but the it is FLEECE not FLANNEL and this FLEECE is pretty heavy not thin at all. Again thanks for th input.
BillsBonBon

Oh, duh! Haven't had enough coffee today, I guess. I've worked with fleece but never used liquid stitch on it. I still wouldn't trust it for a seam without making a test seam to see how it would hold up to stress. It would probably work well to hold down the seam edges after sewing, though. I have always used a small zigzag to sew seams in fleece. This is because fleece is stretchy and the small zigzag will stretch with the fabric; a straight stitch will be more likely to break if the fleece is stretched (say, by a little girl sitting down on it).

I should add that, for this particular application, I'd probably be inclined to overlap and do a fairly wide and long zigzag stitch on each side. You could try it out on a test strip to make sure it would look okay.

HTH more than my previous comments! :P

Do you a serger you can use? That is the best way to sew fleece seams.

Fleece does not fray. You could just trim the excess if the seams are correct or.... what I often do is fold back the seam and stitch it down. Fleece is a very forgiving fabric, I love useing it! You could also pink it.

No BellaBoo I don't have a serger. Would like one though. maybe one day.
BillsBonBon

When I sew clothing with fleece, I either hand baste all seams or pin every couple of inches, then I machine baste and finally the finishing stitch. It might be overkill, but I usually don't have a problem with things not matching. Hope this helps.

once that glue dries I don't think you'll be able to stitch over it, it gets pretty hard.