Hi can anyone tell me what I can use with my left over vilene(wash away) Is it worth keeping or just throw it away... Thanks....

buy thread that dissoves with water. Sew the pieces together. No.2: Place pieces between two pieces of brown wrapping paper, iron with hot iron, NO steam. No.3: Use a wet sponge, stick pieces together, one at a time, run sponge over it. Let dry.

NotJust Threads have the soluble thread on their site, under 'other threads'

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by michelej 14 Oct 2008

thankyou so much for the links...much appreciated!!!!! *4u

thanks everyone **4 all.....

Gosh i have learnt alot,thanks to all, ***********for everyone

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by michelej 14 Oct 2008

And me too!!!!

Looks like you got some good help already *2U

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by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Thanks anyway..

Think you have good answers already. It is good to save small pieces as someone already said, dissolve them, and spray to stiffen fsl (after the initial dipping)or anything else.

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by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Thankyou!!

In projects is another gr8 tip
http://projects.cuteembroidery.co...

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by adelmarie 13 Oct 2008

ran there to grab me a new tip and bumped to my project lol, Thanks!

by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Oh, you are funny...

I use it under material so the feed dogs will grab hold when I'm stitching something really tiny... like a rolled hem, etc.

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by misscharlie 13 Oct 2008

good idea

by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Thankyou for the great ideas....

I use some of the small pieces to place on top without hooping, example towels. My machine will do a fix stitch around the design. So I place it on the fabric, press the fix and it holds it in place while doing the design. that way you don't have to hoop a large piece on top.

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by misscharlie 13 Oct 2008

I do that too w/ pcs too small to hoop works gr8 w/ towels when using a basting stitch.

by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Thanks heaps.

If they r real tiny pieces u can keep them dissolved n a jar of water & use that to stiffen something else. Meg gave u a good answer. I read somewhere that u could put n a paper bag & fuse together with a warm iron, but I haven't tried this so don't know if it works or not. *4U

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by blhamblen 13 Oct 2008

Lbrow that was me...You make a pencil marking of you hoop size on one side of the brown paper...then fill the area with the scraps. Cover with the other side and IRON with a med hot iron NO STEAM.

by michelej 13 Oct 2008

Thankyou to both of you for your answers..hmm very interesting...

by lbrow 13 Oct 2008

I knew I had read that somewhere but couldn't remember if it was here or not. thanks bl

by mariahail 13 Oct 2008

I fyou keep them in water they will smell bad after a few days.

by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Oh, ok thanks

You buy yourself a reel of soluble thread and stitch the pieces together so you can use them again and of course the thread will dissolve too.
Hope this helps, hnr, M

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by blhamblen 13 Oct 2008

Just remember to use the soluble thread in the bobbin TOOOO :)

by michelej 13 Oct 2008

Thankyou so much

by mariahail 13 Oct 2008

If fyou can not find it at your fabric store you can buy it on ebay.It is expensive though***

by michelej 14 Oct 2008

Thanks