Great idea!

Be sure and protect your iron by using a pressing sheet. The diluted Elmer's will be heavy enough build up on your iron.

Wow, so many great ideas. I have elmer,s school glue and I am wanting to learn to do some applique, not on the machine but by hand. This I can try .No wonder I love this board so much, always learning something new.
Thanks quiltingb12 for asking this question.

Ninnie

so you have to wait for the glue to dry before you can start stitching?

if not doesn't it get all over the needle

Sharon Schamber uses elmer's glue. She has a video on binding quilts using it.

http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/05/1...s-school-glue/

I use the iron and it dries instantly. I don't use but a little dot or very thin line of glue to hold fabric and when I dilute it, it's like starch but very heavy.

soooooo,

can you mix your own starch and fill one of those small bottles with a tiny pointy hole? would that hold?

You could try it and see. My thought is that Elmer's probably has emulsifiers :?: and other ingredients that thicken the starch and help it flow. Homemade starch will probably have more water in it and therefore taking longer under the iron to dry. It would be interesting to come up with a home recipe that works, though.