mimom

this board is a friendly place, please dont forget that. No quilt police allowed

Sadiemae

I don't glue my fabric, but I think it is wonderful that there is a method that can help people who struggle! I made a couple of blocks years ago that I think glue might have saved some frustration.

I taught beginning quilting a few years ago and there were a couple of people that I would have recommended this method to.

luvTooQuilt

I use both the stick glue and roxxane's basting glue. Both work well, helps keep the binding in place instead of pins. No more poked bloody fingers!!

luvTooQuilt

Now that was mean.

Scissor Queen

I'm sure Sharon Schamber has been out of second grade for many years too. However, she is a three time time Best of Show winner at Houston. When you can beat her record we'll drop the glue.

Every one is different and has different methods for doing things. No one method is right or wrong, just different.

justwannaquilt

I too have been out of second grade for MANY years, however I am not OLD either so maybe I shouldn't be quilting, period! :|

I just picked up the bottle tips tonight while I was at Michael's. There are sometimes that I will start pinning a project together and get pulled away having to do something with the kids or around the house. I am always worried that one of the kids or a cat will get ahold of a pin. I don't have the money to have one removed from a cats gut. and I sure in the heck don't want to deal with a husband who has just stepped on one. therefore....I am going to start glueing some seams instead of pinning. Like on bargellos!

Grambi

I've done many bindings without it, but tried the glue method on a small project that I wanted to machine finish. It actually worked quite nicely. I will use it again when I don't want to hand-sew the binding. (I, too made it out of second grade)

DogHouseMom

I started using glue for applique the landscape quilt I'm working on. Fantastic ... if I don't like it I simply lift it off. I use the stick as I find it much easier to work with.

And yes, thinking when I do regular piecing again (when I finish this quilt) glue is a fantastic alternative especially for piecing strips.

No pins means: no holes in the fabric, no pins that I have to remove lest I sew on top of them, no broken needles, no fallen pins on the floor (room is carpeted), no pricked fingers or tongue (yes I keep them in my mouth), faster sewing time (faster to match strips plus I don't waste time removing pins).

So I really don't care how long I've been out of school. If we went by the theory of "it wasn't done back then" then we might as well give up our machines, our rotary cutters, all of our fancy specialized rulers, and ... the QB.

Rose L

Oh my! Why didn't I think of that? Thank you for saying it!!

cathyvv

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What matters with anything I do or learn is what works for me, not what anyone thinks of what works for me.

Glue doesn't work for you? You don't like the idea of using glue to quilt? Don't use it. I happen to need it; it makes it easier and, just as important, more enjoyable for me to quilt.