Originally Posted by Sewmuchtodo
While on the subject, I have a question.. I saw a video on using this for holding your quilt together to quilt it. I went to JoAnn's to buy a can. The lady at JoAnn's talked me out of using it. She said it would gum up my needle and make it almost impossible to use. Needless to say, I left without it. Could someone give me their opinion on this? I was really looking forward to trying this to see if it would help me with quilting.
Thank you so much..
Jo Ann
I can testify that it does not gum up your needles! I longarm and on just about every quilt I have ever quilted, I use 505 to help keep the borders from getting drawn in and I have NEVER had a problem with my needle getting anything on it. When I quilt a table runner, I put the whole thing down on the batting with 505 and quilt it...nothing on my needle.
I read that the National Quilt Museum uses 505 when they are repairing antique quilts because it does not discolor or otherwise damage the fabric and it totally disappears in 6 months.
The lady in JoAnn's didn't know what she was talking about! I also use 505 to position my labels and hand sew through it...no gum there either!