Roxanne Baste it or Elmers
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Roxanne Baste it or Elmers
I've seen on the board a lot of people using elmers glue for various reasons. I've been using Roxanne baste it for my applique and I was planning on using it for binding. However, if Elmers is just as good I would rather use elmers as it is significantly cheaper...
What would you all recommend?
Thanks,
Yael
What would you all recommend?
Thanks,
Yael
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 1,063
I've used both. I didn't really notice any appreciable difference between Roxanne's and Elmer's. Roxanne's does have the nice fine tip. I used Roxanne's the first time I glued a binding. It is nice to be able to precisely place that bead of glue, however, on a large quilt it is not that efficient. I would keep the Roxanne's for applique (if you already have it) and use Elmer's for the binding and basting.
#5
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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I took an applique class and we used a combination of Elmer's glue and Elmer's washable glue stick. The instructor had a glue bottle with an extra fine metal tip. She just put the Elmer's in there for more control. Worked great.
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Thornton, Colorado
Posts: 1,023
I have used Roxanne's glue but it is very expensive; the last time I looked, it was over $9.00 for a very small bottle. Elmer's school glue works just as fine. The suggestion by quiltstringz above is a great one!
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