Hi Ruth sorry for not explaining myself more. I'm interested in doing hand applique. I did a little practise piece with some fusible and didn't like the feel of it after was done. So now i'd like to try the spray adhesive, the kind I have is 505 temporary fabric adhesive. I've been reading as much as i can about different ways to do applique. My main question is do i do the hand applique with or without a hoop? I thought that using the spray adhesive would help hold the pattern as i hand sew it into place on my background material. I want to do the needle turn method. It would probably be much better to just hand baste my pattern onto the background then to use the adhesive right? :D Denise.