My experience with Glue Basting.
07-22-2012, 01:11 PM
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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.
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?
Thank all of you for responding!!! This is so fun and informative.
Thank all of you for responding!!! This is so fun and informative.
07-22-2012, 01:19 PM
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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.
07-22-2012, 01:22 PM
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Like you, I used it with applique but it took me awhile before I got up the nerve to experiment with the binding and the quilt basting; just learning new things every day and then awhile longer to actually try it on other projects.
07-22-2012, 01:24 PM
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I have had that experience with the spray not working well. Thats why I tried the glue basting on a small project and really liked the results.
07-22-2012, 01:27 PM
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The bottle I am using right now is medium sized and I did not have any trouble with it coming out tiny. One of these times, I want to invest in one of the special tips....but until then; I do the best I can and in reality rarely have any issues.
07-22-2012, 03:21 PM
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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.
07-22-2012, 04:09 PM
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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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