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Elmer's all purpose glue will hold patches without sewing. When DH was in the military, being a young wife and we were broke, he was having to change rank patches every few months. Those things then were impossible to hand sew. I used Elmer's All purpose glue when he had to have the new rank patch for the next day for a detail. Those patches stayed on through washing and drying and heavily starched ironing. I didn't know at the time that the patches had to be sewn. His never frayed to be noticeable they weren't. Thankfully he got high enough rank I could afford to have them sewn on like they should be. I don't know how the rank patches are now, I hope not as thick and hard as they use to be.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
(Post 6226453)
Elmer's all purpose glue will hold patches without sewing. When DH was in the military, being a young wife and we were broke, he was having to change rank patches every few months. Those things then were impossible to hand sew. I used Elmer's All purpose glue when he had to have the new rank patch for the next day for a detail. Those patches stayed on through washing and drying and heavily starched ironing. I didn't know at the time that the patches had to be sewn. His never frayed to be noticeable they weren't. Thankfully he got high enough rank I could afford to have them sewn on like they should be. I don't know how the rank patches are now, I hope not as thick and hard as they use to be.
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I love, love, LOVE Elmer's School Glue. I can't see ever going back to thread basting or pinning for anything!
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I LOVE Elmer's, it's making me actually get to the quilting portion of my projects. I hated sandwiching so much I just had a big ol' stack of quilt tops.
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I enjoyed using Elmer's, too, but knocked the timing out on my machine. The machine didn't like it...and I used just a tad and ironed it dry before sewing. The shop was able to fix it, but mentioned that there are glues made for sewing and that as the machine goes through the glue, the needle heats up due to the friction. The repair person suggested I buy titanium needles if I continued to use glue. So, don't know if this story is about friction or if it is about fiction, but for now, no more glue for me. :-(
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Originally Posted by coopah
(Post 6227898)
I enjoyed using Elmer's, too, but knocked the timing out on my machine. The machine didn't like it...and I used just a tad and ironed it dry before sewing. The shop was able to fix it, but mentioned that there are glues made for sewing and that as the machine goes through the glue, the needle heats up due to the friction. The repair person suggested I buy titanium needles if I continued to use glue. So, don't know if this story is about friction or if it is about fiction, but for now, no more glue for me. :-(
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I haven't tried it yet, but as soon as I'm able to get out and about I plan on buying some to try, as it sounds like a great tool for quilting as well as sewing.
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Don't need "Elmers"---store brand works too
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Originally Posted by scarlet14
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Don't need "Elmers"---store brand works too
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Is the CLEAR washable Elmer's the same as the white?
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