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I'm with you on the glue sticks. Have tried several times, but it just seems to "crumble" and make a mess. One hint is to get the smallest bottle of Elmer's and open the top a very little to get tiny drops. I then refill it from a larger, cheaper bottle.
Originally Posted by Chicca
(Post 5384833)
I am so glad I posted; really gaining a lot of knowledge and having a great time responding. I will definetely have to retry the glue sticks and definetely will be stocking up on both to last throughout the year. Hopefully....wonder how many bottles/sticks I will need for an entire year?
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
(Post 5384957)
Time to stock up on School glue and glue sticks. Walmart has the school supplies out. Glue sticks are .10 each and bottle school glue is .50. I buy a lot of the Fiskars blunt tip and sharp tip school scissors to keep laying around all over my sewing room on my cutting table, sewing machine table, and ironing board. They are great for thread snipping, no fear of snipping a hole in the fabric with the blunt tip. Also plastic school boxes are super cheap now.
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Originally Posted by COYOTEMAGIC
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I've done the glue basting and for applique for years, but would you believe I've never used it for sewing pieces!
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
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Now that's a great ideas! Do use the Elmer's for lining up seams and bindings and such but never thought to "baste" a quilt for quilting! Love spray but found out with a huge King size that the backing must have been polyester and the spray did NOT work at all! :mad:
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
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I'm with you on the glue sticks. Have tried several times, but it just seems to "crumble" and make a mess. One hint is to get the smallest bottle of Elmer's and open the top a very little to get tiny drops. I then refill it from a larger, cheaper bottle.
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That is a great idea, going to have to try it.
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Originally Posted by Grandma Peg
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That is a great idea, going to have to try it.
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I use the glue sticks on the binding....sew first side, flip, spread glue and press binding down exactly where I want it, then iron. It holds the binding perfectly until sewn (I sew entire binding process by machine). I might get a bit messy on the quilt, but since I always wash after binding is done, it always washes out. I've also tried the liquid glue on the bindings, but like the sticks much better - I can zip that glue stick across the quilt so much faster than liquid and it requires less ironing time. But, this is just my honest opinion.
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
(Post 5385657)
I use the glue sticks on the binding....sew first side, flip, spread glue and press binding down exactly where I want it, then iron. It holds the binding perfectly until sewn (I sew entire binding process by machine). I might get a bit messy on the quilt, but since I always wash after binding is done, it always washes out. I've also tried the liquid glue on the bindings, but like the sticks much better - I can zip that glue stick across the quilt so much faster than liquid and it requires less ironing time. But, this is just my honest opinion.
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Even though I'm a person that presses seams open I would be willing to use this method on some of those difficult seams that always seem to go askew.
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