Glue works good for appliques as well. I use the stick glue that the kids use for projects. It lets the applique lie flat and keeps it stuck to the fabric while I sew. Pins always make a bumpy edge when you are dealing with tiny pieces. I love this idea for binding quilts. Thanks.

I tried it and it works wonderfully. I have to find a new place to store my Elmer's glue bottle thought. I had it on top of my sewing machine cabinet and grabbed it when I was cleaning my machine thinking it was machine oil. I was at the squeezing stage when I realized it wasn't machine oil!

I like the glue idea. To avoid getting stuck by pins when doing it by hand the quilters clips are great. Small hair clips are the same thing and much cheaper.

amma
Thanks so much for the demo.
I am going to try this method.
Do you then hand stitch your binding or sew by machine???
I hand sew only becuase I think it looks better and I don't always catch the binding on the other side or will using the glue help to keep everything in line????
Scrap Quilter

Amma - thank you so much. I tried this and love it! You are an angel! Thanks for making my binding so much easier to do.

OH NO!!! I am glad that you caught it in time!!! I have to keep my permanent fabric glue hid so that I don't mix it up with the Elmer's LOL.

I tried the glue sticks too, but sometimes I found the pieces got wonky rubbing them with the stick. So I use Elmer's for them too :wink:

You only use a small drops and it is placed far enough away from the edge of the binding, so you won't even know it is there when hand sewing. I over did it on a scrap to test it, and I could still easily hand sew through those areas and machine sew. It did not gunk up either needles, either.

Aww :oops: thank you :D:D:D

If anyone is doing the Fun & Done quilt, Elmers is a God send, espcially on turning over and stitching the back pieces to the front.