elmers school glue
when useing the glue to sandwich a quilt ---do you put small dads all over and heat set them as you go or do you put it in a spray bottle and heat set it---have used it on a binding +applique its been very sucessful[washable only]
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I do use Elmer's school glue just not to sandwich a quilt. Not sure I'd like it that way. Esp. if a small project where it doesn't take long to machine baste it. Larger items would go on my HQ.
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I've tried Elmer's school glue to sandwich a wall-hanging and it was a disaster.
I know some had more success than me so obviously I did something wrong. Try it on a scrap and see how you like it. I use Elmer's school glue on my binding and other things but don't think I'll be using it for sandwiching until I can figure out how to do it without wrinkles. |
Never used it to baste, but using it in the binding is a life saver.
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I use Elmer's glue for anything that I would have used a pin. I always heat set it w/an iron. I haven't used it for sandwichin' a quilt. i spray baste it w/Sullivan's spray adhesive.
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Is it hard to quilt thru when you baste with it? I use it on my bindings and to match large prints for borders/backs. For basting, I'm a recent convert to the 505 brand spray...LOVE that stuff so much better than other brands.
I bought a glue stick pen, narrower version of a regular glue stick. It's a little harder to sew thru by hand than the Elmer's was for binding, but overall is easier to work with because it's narrower than a regular glue stick. |
I baste my quilts with Elmer's school glue. No problem ever. I machine quilt it with my mechanical inexpensive Singer without a glitch. I put thin lines straight from the bottle and set them with iron. It washes out 100%. You may want to go easy on glue on the edges if you are applying binding by hand as it can be hard to go through by hand. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Tashana
(Post 5596436)
I baste my quilts with Elmer's school glue. No problem ever. I machine quilt it with my mechanical inexpensive Singer without a glitch. I put thin lines straight from the bottle and set them with iron. It washes out 100%. You may want to go easy on glue on the edges if you are applying binding by hand as it can be hard to go through by hand. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Stitchnripper
(Post 5596454)
This is just what I do except I don't iron (just wait for it to dry) and use a mechanical "dinky" Brother. It glides right through the glue, no gum on needle and it washes out.
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I can't wait to try glue for basting a quilt. I've used glue sticks on bindings and love how easy it is. I wonder if I could use the glue sticks to baste? Are you putting your glue lines onto the batting or the fabric? Does it matter what type of batting?
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