Greetings--
I am appliqueing a cotton/linen blend midweight fabric and used the ultra
bond, the thread is Gutermann cotton thread. The first two appliques went
fine- a total dream; I was using plain cone thread for that. I switch to the
Gutermann, and all hell breaks loose. The satin stitch starts skipping
stitches and the needle is gummed up with sticky goop. I have to clean off
my needle roughly once an inch. Nothing had changed from one pair to the
other, except the thread and the weather. I was ripping my hair out trying
to figure out what the problem was. The best we could come up with was the
slight rise in humidity with the new weather front has caused the heat n
bond to soften. I even tried to dry it with a hot iron, but that didn't
work, either.
Anyone else have this happen, and is there anything I can do to make it
stop??
It may actually be that your cone thread is thinner than the Gutermann.
It's also probably poly, and probably slips through easier. Cotton does
tend to catch more easily, as it's usually not all that slippery (unless
it's the "silk finish" type someone else mentioned.
Others have pointed out the issues with Heat n' Bond, particularly the
Ultra. I discovered this myself many, many years ago, which is why I
switched to Wonder Under for applique work. Sticks it down just well
enough to keep things steady and in place, and is not plasticky-gummy at
all.
Susan
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