Thank You for all the tips.
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Thank You for all the tips.
MaryAnn, you are not a Chicken McLittle and your good instructions have made me feel brave enough to try these tips! Thanks!
Lara B.
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I have used Elmer's on my last 3 bindings as seen in the Binding Angel on Youtube... and love it.
Thanks MaryAnn, I'm glad to see the way to do written out. Usually all I see is that someone used the school glue but not how it was done. Thanks a lot.
I have glued two quilts and did a table runner and placemats and love the method. I am about to do a queen size quilt that I have in three sections. The sections are full length of the quilt. I plan to glue the three sandwiches withing two or three inches of the edges, do the quilting and then join. Then, I will finish any quilting I need to do in the areas of joining. I appreciate the tip about using a damp paintbrush to smooth out the glue so it doesn't glob up. Iappreciated the lighter weight of the quilt compared to pins. In my quilting life, pins are a thing of the past!
If you are going to use the glue method, don't use a polyester batt. It will just go flat if you iron it and it won't recover when you wash it. If you aren't sure make a sample piece with scrap fabric, batting and backing and iron it to be sure this will work for youl.
I'm definitely going to try this for my next sandwich. I've used glue instead of pins when making binding - a la - Sharon Schamber and I used it on my last quilt to glue the binding down before stitching (I machine stitch my bindings) and it was the first time my bindings looked the same size on both sides. Yay!So the sandwich is definitely the next step.
Pat
I don't have any tips just a question. Can you dilute the Elmers glue with water or something else and spray it
on the layers? Did anybody do an experiment with this? I would not mind to have suggestions and try it out.
Ty for your response. This board is marvelous for new tips and tricks of the trade.
Angela this is a great idea! I think that I will try it on scraps. Not only would it be simpler than basting or pinning, but it would also not require as much glue (not that it is expensive). You definitely should apply heat to anything that you use school glue on in order for it to hold. I have never had it to stick without applying heat. Just passing on what I learned from the glue expert Sharon Schamber.
Originally Posted by angelanicole
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Linda
I prefer to dilute the glue and use a paint brush. When you spray you can't really tell
which part you missed and if you overspray then it becomes too wet plus you have
to dilute the glue a lot more to go through a spray without clogging.
Another reason I like to dilute the glue is to avoid those hard spots where the needle
can break. A little goes a long way with Elmer's.
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