Mental slap upside the head

i'd not have thought of it. Can't find my fraycheck! dang it.

I've been fighting the urge to buy fraycheck forever, because I wasn't quite sure if I really needed it. Now you've gone and given me a good reason. I'm off to pull out my Michaels coupon because I would hate to spend full price.

Lucille

I have several bottles from when my Joanne's went out of business. Handy stuff! Cheryl

Do buy it, this is only one of the reasons I have it in my stuff.

It`s amazingly useful, Lucille. I use it a lot.

Pat P

Feel free to tell me what you use it for. I looked at it several times and couldn't quite figure a use for it, unless you do quilting. But Cheryl's use seems very sensible to me and I'm sure there are other good things I'm missing out on.

Lucille

I use it around the edge of some (but not all) fabrics, especially things that might unravel. I've used it on the raw edge of the hem for DH's pants where folding it over doesn't work.

Also to stop runs in knits.

Cheryl

Well, for the use Cheryl discovered - taming metallic thread - and I always run a thin line all around the edge of cut fabric - don`t need to bind it or anything before putting it on my stretcher bars (or hoops or whatever you use) It`s always useful if you tear or snag anything accidentally - it holds it from fraying or running until you have time to deal with it properly.

Pat P

When you buy clothing with buttons, if you put a little dab of fraycheck on the threads at the back of the button, the button is extremely unlikely to fall off over time. Worth it for that alone.

Best wishes, Ericka

Okay. You've all talked me into it. Now I would love to know, where was this great stuff when I was actually doing a great deal of dressmaking. Boy oh boy, could I have used it then !!!

Lucille

on 8/24/05 6:06 PM, Pat P at snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com posted:

Ditto for me. Most of the time I don't feel like sewing/overlocking the edges of fabric, so I use the fray check. It's quick and easy. And if you drip a blob where you don't want it, just use a Q-tip with some alcohol to swab it off - if it's just regular linen fabric (not hand-dyed over the original color) no marks left from the removed drip. You can also use it with rayon thread ends - still don't want to use long lengths, but...

I think my last couple of bottles I bought on some really reduced price at Hancock fabrics. I just like having it around, because it's so quick to use, and then -voila - your linen isn't ravelling away. Actually, I've never had to hem or overlock the edges after fray-checking.

ellice

I use it when I cross-stitch things that will be handled or machine washed a lot (baby bibs, toys); I put a dot on the back everywhere I begin/end a thread just for extra security.

Oohhhh - I like!

Cheryl

We're under a hurricane watch for a change but as soon as the weather clears I'm off to buy the fray check. With all those great ideas for the use, I wonder how I ever got along without it.

Lucille

Lucille, Fraycheck gets pretty stiff and scratchy. There's a slightly different notion called "Frayblock", comes in a tube rather than a squeeze bottle, and it stays much softer. About the same price, and much nicer, imo.

Kay