Originally Posted by SusieQOH
(Post 8176041)
Thanks to all of you who suggested using it for basting. What a great idea!
I used it for my sister's quilt and nothing moved the whole time. I'm glad I bought a lot of it because it's going to be my new best friend. Thanks to all! Did you just squeeze from the bottle and drizzle all over? How long did you wait for it to dry (and do I need to iron over it before starting to quilt)? Or if you thinned it out, what type of bottle did you use? |
I too like using Elmers. I used it on a small quilt a few years ago, and it was several months before I got it quilted. The glue had turned brownish! I was in tears, but decided to finish it up anyway. To my delight, the glue washed out just fine, and left no brownish spots. I'm a believer!
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I too learned about the elmer's glue here on the quilting board. Its great and much more budget friendly :)
I buy my glue in the gallon jugs from Amazon. Then I put in smaller glue bottles - about 2/3 glue to 1/3 water. Then I shake the bottle well and just squeeze from the bottle as needed |
Remember you want Elmer's washable school glue or wash glue stick. I have used it and set it with my hot iron as I want to keep sewing.
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Originally Posted by ruby2shoes
(Post 8176177)
I think I am the only person in the world that hasn't had success with this method; I'm envious of everyone who uses it with great outcomes...sigh.....lol!
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Ruby and Pat- sorry to hear it didn't work for you. I have no idea why. What I did was drizzle it on sparingly but making sure to catch the whole quilt. I let it set overnight. No problems at all and it washed right out.
ETA- some people dilute it too. Maybe I'll try that next time. |
Love it also. I purchased the thin tips from Sharon Schambers site. They work really well to keep from using too much.
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Originally Posted by SusieQOH
(Post 8176502)
Ruby and Pat- sorry to hear it didn't work for you. I have no idea why. What I did was drizzle it on sparingly but making sure to catch the whole quilt. I let it set overnight. No problems at all and it washed right out.
ETA- some people dilute it too. Maybe I'll try that next time. |
Originally Posted by DawnFurlong
(Post 8176326)
Did you just squeeze from the bottle and drizzle all over? How long did you wait for it to dry (and do I need to iron over it before starting to quilt)? Or if you thinned it out, what type of bottle did you use?
I always iron the back to the batting after the glue. If the top doesn't have any markings that would be affected with an iron, I iron the top too. Otherwise I just leave it on a large flat table until it dries. It doesn't take long. If you can leave it overnight, it would be totally dry. If I wanted to thin it, I would use a partially-used bottle of glue and add water to it. The tips that Sharon Schamber sells for the glue bottles work really well. However, Elmers has changed the tops on some of their newer bottles. If you have one of their older bottles and use Sharon's tips, don't throw it out. Just keep refilling it. |
I will never use a pin again. This technique really works. just a small dot on those points you don't want to lose. Holding a long seam together as you sew, both sides of binding, curves, mini quilts, the list of uses goes on and on. I even use it to hold that first piece of fabric in place when PPing.
I buy it by the gallon and keep refilling several bottles for each pressing station I have. For basting, I thin it down until it is like cream and sprays through a spray bottle. Have to do trial and error to get it right a few times but then, wow!. It will wrinkle a bit and just press them out while still damp, before quilting. |
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