I've used the dots on a table runner and it held very well. I am currently doing a quilt (approx. 60 x 50) and I watered down some of the Elmer's Glue and sprayed it on the backing and ironed the batting to it and it is holding perfectly. I am quilting this on on my domestic machine and with all the shoving and pulling and ripping out it has not come apart. Greatest thing for quilting since the first sewing machine! But make sure you buy Elmer's WASHABLE School Glue. And I bought a $1 spray bottle at Walmart.