Using washable glue to match seams.
06-05-2011, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
I use a glue stick. You don't have to iron it to "set" it, and if you goof on the placement, just lift it and replace it. Doesn't muck up my needle or machine.
However, sometimes the glue application will go beyond the 1/4" seam allowance. When I open the fabric to iron it sometimes I have to use my fingernail to make sure I've opened it to the seam instead of fabric glued together. The other word of caution is that I use an old iron with a cover on it because I don't want glue mucking up my new iron.
I buy Office Max brand glue sticks which box indicates both "permanent" and "washes from fabric". I also did a check to make sure it washes out before I continued.
However, sometimes the glue application will go beyond the 1/4" seam allowance. When I open the fabric to iron it sometimes I have to use my fingernail to make sure I've opened it to the seam instead of fabric glued together. The other word of caution is that I use an old iron with a cover on it because I don't want glue mucking up my new iron.
I buy Office Max brand glue sticks which box indicates both "permanent" and "washes from fabric". I also did a check to make sure it washes out before I continued.
06-05-2011, 03:10 PM
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If you put the glue only in the seam allowance and then press to one side or the other it wont matter about the glue. If you are trying to press the seams open you will have to pull them apart after the seams are sewn and before you press the seams.
I use a dot of glue in the seam allowance, set it with the iron, sew the seam, and press to one side I don't have to mess with pulling the seam apart and you don't even notice the glue is there after the seam is sewn. I like glue over pins because I have small kids and cats, if I pin a project together and then don't get to sew it right then and there someone (or something) is bound to pull a pin out! The glue allowes me to match seams now and sew later without the worry!
I use a dot of glue in the seam allowance, set it with the iron, sew the seam, and press to one side I don't have to mess with pulling the seam apart and you don't even notice the glue is there after the seam is sewn. I like glue over pins because I have small kids and cats, if I pin a project together and then don't get to sew it right then and there someone (or something) is bound to pull a pin out! The glue allowes me to match seams now and sew later without the worry!
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