katied772

I previously used Press n' Seal when quilting on a longarm. I no longer have a longarm and want to try fmq on my Bernina. Can I use Press n' Seal on the regular machine? Will it affect the needle or machine in any way? Thanks.

maine ladybug

It can be done, but may make the needle sticky after a while. I've used it several times and the biggest drawback for me has been getting off in very small corners.

quilter on the eastern edge

What do you use the Press 'n Seal for?

Cyn

That's my question too. Is this the stuff you use to wrap food? I have a box that I don't like to use for food so another use would be great!

smitty

you can buy stuff that makes your needle "slicker" when sewing things like this. I would probably clean the bobbin & needle area with some alcohol after so many intervals of time.
use a Q-tip, gently. I know Bernina carries it, but can' for the life of me think of the name of it. there is also a pad (Bernina store) that you can just sew thru every so often that cleans the needle.

maine ladybug

That's good to know. Thank you for sharing that information.

bluteddi

why would it make the needle sticky???

I have considered useing it on my towel embroidery in place of the wash a way " stabilizer". the wash a way stuff looks about like the press and seal stuff......

littlehud

I have used the press and seal and it works OK. It did gum up my needle a little and I had a hard time removing some of the small pieces.

Quilter Day-by-Day

What is it used for?

cyhilty

just a little thing i do when the machine needle gets sticky from sprays or other things, a little spot of goo be gone on scrap fabric then run needle through couple times,clean piece of scrap fabric to clean the oil before returning to ptojects. works for me and keeps ya from removen needle everytime it get something on it.