Originally Posted by
Misty's Mom
I'm curious about the glue too, does it really wash out completely from the quilts. A lady at out quilt club said that the school glue was just starch and therefore should not be left in the fabrics as well as starch in your stash as it will attract silverfish and then you'll have a horrible time getting rid of them.
My washable glue stick does not list the ingredients, but I very much doubt that modern Elmer's school glue or other washable glues are now made of starch. In any case, glue-basting washes out when you wash the quilt, and is meant (at least in my humble opinion) to be washed out.