Do you have many small pieces to wash a way?

Thank you for the great tip!!

never mind, I read what "baking paper" is further down.

Whoa! Thanks I have a whole bag of vilene leftovers now I know what to do with it!

Thanks for the great tip. I will definately be trying this one. Hugs Lynn

What a great idea, thanks, will be trying it soon.

10tje, thank you - *4U
I will be trying this out soon!

If you have done this...please see my question further down in the list...I'd love to try this, but want to do it correctly and is it still water soluble after you have ironed it?

Sounds easier than what I do. I usually lick and stick the pieces together to make a new sheet to work with . I waste next to nothing. Thanks Suzanne

Someone gave this tip a few months ago and it works great!

Thank you I have been saving them to use on small projects but it is great to be able to use them on bigger projects as well!

Great tip thanks for sharing. DeVon

Thank you Love the TIP

That is a great tip ... works wonderfully... I have done this for years.... I use wax paper and parchment also..

Thanks this is a great tip!

Do you mean like parchment paper for baking? What we line our baking sheets with? Kay

Brilliant! Did you tell Emblibrary? post it as a tip if they pick your tip of the day, you receive $5.00's of designs. :)

thanks

thank you that is so good and will save a bit of money also

What a great idea

Great tip, i'll try it. thanks...mm

Ok, so this is so good that I checked the checkmark so I can find it again when I am in need, this post and remarks have so many excellent ideas! Cuties are the best!

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by sewfrenzie 06 Feb 2011

Thank you! I was wondering how to mark a comment by a cutie for futher reference!! *4U and hugs too!

so, let me get this straight in my head...

the bits are kind of sandwiched between two pieces of parchment paper...and the hot iron melts the pieces together, but the parchment paper doesn't stick...so you end up with a 'whole' piece of WSS again? Is it sturdy enough to be the hooped stabilizer or does it have to be used as a topper?

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by iris2006 06 Feb 2011

Used as a topper :0)

by jkdavis1996 06 Feb 2011

thx

WOW!!! I can't wait to try this! FIESTA ;D *2U

we donot have baking paper here what is it ??Is it like parchment paper for wrapping meat in ??It is brown here with a plastic linner ?can yo u explain more?Sorry to be so dumb!!carolyn

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by 1ladyb 30 Sep 2009

Waxed paper will work also. You can also just dab your finger in water and stick two pieces together. I have hooped it and it does fine. I use Badgemaster a lot for my FSL so have a lot of that left over.

Will try this thanks

Merci beaucoup; great tip!
*4u!
Jacqueline

This is a keeper, thanks!

Thanks so much. I'll give it a try. I have many little scraps. ***

I like to use three layers of wash a way for my fsl so I put a sheet on the bottom, then I put some of the scraps that I have in the middle and a full sheet on top. That is how I use some of my scraps up. But I'll have to try this! Thanks.

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by almag 06 Feb 2011

That's exactly what I do. I put the top layer at right angles to the bottom layer, too.
AlmaG.

WAOW !!!! THANKS 10tje ***

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by 10tje 25 Sep 2009

good luck!!*

Thanks so much! I have thrown away so much of this stuff, and Keep wondering what I can do with it because I hate wasting it. I have occasionally made a "glue" or starch out of some of it, but It is water soluable, so I don't use it on anything that may get wet.

I've been doing that for a while now, and it does work. Also, to save on Vilene, as I use 2 layers always, I use one layer of solvy and vilene on top, nothing can come wrong with the FSLs :)
Love,
Yoriko

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by 10tje 25 Sep 2009

Thanks!!*

this is great thank you i have lots of little bits

this is great thank you i have lots of little bits

Thank you for that tip I will have to try it.
I usually sew the vilene pieces together with water soluble thread top and bottom (bobbin) I have not had any problems with it moving.

great idea thanks

wow tks will try this.

thanks for the tip

thanks, great tip

I knew I was saving all those scraps for some reason. Thank you very much for the tip

For the fabric-type wash away, I have heard that people take the larger pieces and sew them together with wash-away thread to make larger sheets. I don't know that I'd try to hoop them, but they'd work as a topping. I haven't done this myself, but I heard it somewhere. Hugs, Marji

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by bevintex 24 Sep 2009

I did sew some together to see if it worked but the stuff shifted when hooped. Ended up throwing the whole mess out. I did'nt try as a topping but that may work better.

by 10tje 25 Sep 2009

I just put it on my towel, otherwise you lose a lot of material.
It works really well and am glad you are going to try.
Embroidery is already expensive enough.

great idea - I have a drawer full of scraps so I'm going to try this -
thanks x

10tje, thank you - *4U

Thanks for the great tip. *4u.

Thanks what a great idea.

Thanks for the hint Now all I need to find out what to do with the left over Vilene.

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by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

What is Vilene? I don't no what that is, where you use it for?

by bevintex 24 Sep 2009

Vilene is fabric like wash away used mainly for free standing lace. You can put left overs in a spray bottle ,add water to make a starch. Add one cap of alcohol as a preservitive.

by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

soluflies we call that stuff, but I buy it by the meter.
I do not know that spray?

by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

ohh I get it already
So you keep that.
what do you do it again to get a sheet?

by bevintex 24 Sep 2009

You cant make a sheet with water ,but it will make a nice spray starch to stiffen lace.

by 10tje 25 Sep 2009

Oke thank you for explanation!!

by quiltgrama 30 Sep 2009

Use water soluble thread and sew the vilene back together. It just washes away as usual

Thanks for your tip will try it Love Marie

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by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

good luck!!*

Dank je wel 10tje ;0)

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by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

He' daar is ze weer.
veel succes ermee, het werkt echt goed!!*

bedoel je wateroplosbare plastiekfolie?

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by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

Ja, wat je gebruikt als je handdoeken borduurt.
even tussen 2 vellen bakpapier leggen, strijken op de hoogste stand, het smelt aan elkaar en je hebt een nieuw vel.
zo hoef je niet alle kleine stukjes weg te gooien.
veel plezier.
groetjes 10tje

Thank you 10tje, this is a lovely tip.

Thanks, great tip.

Thank you, will try this. These are the kinds of tips we are looking for. Baking paper is the same as parchment paper.

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by 10tje 24 Sep 2009

bakingpaper we call it in Dutch, but I did not know how you said that. Thank you!!*

by blhamblen 24 Sep 2009

yes...it will do the same thing:)