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Originally Posted by Jshep

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Originally Posted by teacherbailey

I don't like the pieces and chips I get from glue sticks. I use Elmer's Blue Gel Glue. Found out about it in Quilting Arts Magazine; it can be used for batik too. I use rubber cement for temporary hems (though I forgot one and left it in for a couple of years....no problems!); it only dry cleans out so it should be fine for quilts too.

I'm confused. Elmers glue or rubber cement? What is the difference? I mean can they not both be used in the same way? Somewhere on this board I saw something about ways to use rubber cement.

Elmer's school glue is a starch product. Rubber cement is made with all kinds of chemicals. There is a big difference in these two products.

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Originally Posted by MTS

Elmer's Washable Glue.

I figure if Sharon Schambers can use it all over the place on her quilts, I can use it on my mine. :wink:

i met her @ the north carolina quilters symposium... she sells a top to put on the elmers glue bottle that is really fine.. so you get just a tiny drop of glue...

i already used it & worked great

love glue stick for some areas of piecing, never thought of it for hair, but will try it on my grandson