DogHouseMom

I think I know what happened ... happened to me once - of course it was when I was trying to place a single 5' long applique!!

Sometimes when you peel the first backing off, the sticky stuff sticks to the backing instead of the fabric. I had noticed it because it was such a large applique and I was going very slow (perhaps too slow). I was able to peel the webbing off the backing and hand stick it to the applique. It was only in a few spots.

My fabric had been pre-washed but it was heavily starched. I don't think I would want to place an applique that was not heavily starch.

So perhaps that is what happened - the web remained with the paper. I got used to checking the paper to make sure it was web free.

Edited after reading Pat's post ... perhaps my problem was not the size of the applique - but the fact that I use a dryer bar in my laundry. Will have to remember that.