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#12
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
I'm in the love?? it category. I do notice that it sticks better to some of my machines than others. Most of the time when FMQing I use it since it definitely helps when trying to move a large quilt around esp. when I'm doing ruler work. On one of my machines I did sew through it once because it moved, but I've never had that happen with my main FMQ machine (the 1500s). The main thing that makes me ?? the love is that ever since the sewing SS to quilt episode I find myself constantly checking to make sure it hasn't moved on me even though that was on a different machine than the one I mainly use.
I have also tried using the silicone spray to make my surface slippery instead of using a SS and that worked ok, but it tends to wear off and needs to be re-applied. I also worried about the health effects of accidentally breathing in the spray and also about getting silicone spray into the oiling holes for my machine so I ended up going back to the SS for my main FMQ machine.
Rob
I have also tried using the silicone spray to make my surface slippery instead of using a SS and that worked ok, but it tends to wear off and needs to be re-applied. I also worried about the health effects of accidentally breathing in the spray and also about getting silicone spray into the oiling holes for my machine so I ended up going back to the SS for my main FMQ machine.
Rob
#13
When I was questioning to buy or not to buy several years ago, I saw recommendations to use a non-stick oven liner. It was cheaper, so I picked one up at Walmart. I used 2 sided tape to attach rectangles of that puffy kind of shelf liner to the back of it to hold it in place on the machine. It occasionally migrates a little (one time I sewed into it), but I have found it very helpful.
#15
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Madison, Ohio
Posts: 226
I love mine!! Use it all the time. Also bought a second one to use when I have two projects going on two different machines. Wouldn't be without it!! Yes, tape it down so you don't accidently sew through it.
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,416
It does stick to some beds better then others. It never moves on my Brother extension bed but moves on my Bernina and the acrylic extension bed I have for other machines. I bought mine years ago and still using it.
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