I need you rhelp with sewing on appliques. I make my own appliques from the plain cotton fabric and use an iron on adhesive. After that I use special satin stitch on my sewing machine ot go around it - it creates a nice frame and secures the applique. I did it on a couple of outfits (I make doll's outfits), but the last one gave me a big fit. Glue from the adhesive keeps to stick on the machine needle and machine skips stitches, etc. I can not figure out what the problem is? I used the same iron on adhesive as before. What's the secret? Or may be I should not use iron on adhesive at all? In this case, do you just pin the appliques to the fabric? Thank you!!!
Problem with appliques
Jun 25, 2007
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When I have a problem w/ my needle getting gunky w/ adhesive I take a VERY small amount of Goo Gone and wipe the needle, it keeps the gunk from sticking.
do you know if that happens to work with tapes like masking, scotch or duct ? that is have you ever tried with tape and i guess you have to wipe frequently ?
thanks for info rob
I have sewn duct tape and used goo gone ... actually, that was how I figured out that it worked.
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