It's Tip of the Morning Tuesday!
When I went to the Vendor Barn at the Garden of Quilts Show in Lehi, Utah in mid September, a vendor (Pen & Paper Pattens) was selling these glue applicator tips. She showed me her method of doing reversible appliqué, which she used school glue with one of these glue tips. I mentioned to her that I had bought appliqué glue with a metal tip of another brand in the past and the tip got clogged up before I had even used much of the glue and no matter what I did it wouldn't unclog. Then she handed me a package of 2 glue applicator tips and showed me how they will not get clogged because in the cap is a metal piece that inserts into the applicator tip to keep it from getting clogged. Genuis!
Well needless to say I bought the package. It is the best tool/gadget I have purchased in a very long time! I put one tip on my Elmer's washable white school glue and one on my Jot washable glue (from Dollar Tree). The Jot brand works great! I don't need a super strong glue as it is for a temporary hold. My Jot glue was less thick than the Elmer's glue, but I have had the Elmer's for years so that might have been part of the reason it was thicker? I found it worked better with the Jot glue, since it wasn't as thick. I may add a bit of water to the Elmer's and shake it up so that it isn't as thick.
Don't do appliqué? I use glue for other sewing too. I was using a washable glue-stick glue to hold pressed under fabric pieces (like in making straps or zipper ends) when making bags. I loved the glue-sticks, but the metal tip of the white glue is easier to apply and doesn't get smeared over places it shouldn't like the glue-stick can. Both are washable glues, but now that I have this applicator tip, the white glue is by far more economical than the glue-stick is, so I won't be buying glue-stick anymore (although I bought a ton of them at the back to school sale, so I have a good supply for quite a long time). See photos below:
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| Photo from Pen & Paper Patterns. |
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| Photo from Pen & Paper Patterns. |
Here is a quick video from Pen & Paper Patterns, showing you how to use the glue with the applicator tip~
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