Mod Podge for applique... lots of bad fumes?
I bought the book by Lara Bucella "Crafted Applique" because I was very interested in trying her mod podge applique technique.
I followed her instructions to the letter and applied the Mod Podge (the one labelled for fabric) all over the back of an unwashed FQ and it dried beautifully. However, when I went to iron it down, it released some horrible white smoke and fumes that made my eyes, nose and mouth burn. I immediately stopped, but became very dizzy and lightheaded for a while afterwards. Has anyone else had this experience?
My thoughts are that I should have prewashed the FQ, although the book states that it's not necessary. Maybe the FQ (which came from Connecting Threads) had a chemical that reacted badly with the mod podge... who knows.
Anyway, I am not knocking the method at all... the book is fantastic and the concept seems great, but I just don't know what happened. Any other thoughts?