Originally Posted by
RosieQ
So my husband went into to town and I asked him to pick up a new can of spray basting. He came home with a can of Aleene's Tacky Spray and another of 3M General Purpose Adhesive spray and said that a lady at Joann Fabrics told him they would work just as well. Will they actually work? I don't want to ruin my machine or have crunchy quilts with adhesive that won't wash out!
Long before sprays were used like they are today I was spray basting 30 or so years ago. I would buy my spray at Walmart or K-Mart in the automotive department. I remember people saying it was going to ruin my machine, but it never gave me a problem.
As long as it is a fine spray and not one that spits and splatters, it will work with a light spraying. I have now switched to Elmer's spray because it is a fine spray. On my embroidery work I use a glue stick. I hoop a light weight piece of sticky back window film and run a glue stick around the inside of the hoop and lay my fabric down. The glue stick and the sticky back film is enough to keep the fabric from shifting. If the embroidery is dense, I slip one or two pieces stabilizer under the hoop.
Aleene's Tacky Spray, I think you can spray the back of an applique then tack the applique to your shirt, remove it and tack it back on a couple of times before you have to spray it again. I know we did this with my daughter's horse show clothes and vest. We would take an applique and stick it on the back of her vest and then put it on another vest for the next class.
Good Luck, Syl