Just finished an adorable shirt for our little Carrie. Used inspira Light & Soft Fuse On on the back & the embroidery turned out great. I followed the directions for the next step...peel back the excess & trim. However, it left a lot of rough "glue" on the back of the little onesie. Has anyone had this problem? How did you solve it? Fuse a second pc. over the finished design? I had a lot of extra to peel back! Help! Tks!

I use a different brand of product and what I do is cut it the finished size I want it before using it. Then iron it on the back of the design to cover the harsh feel of embroidery for sensitive skin.
If you use it as the first stabilizer and peel it back, it will always leave the rough glue. Instead use an iron on tear away or just use a mesh backing and attach your onesie with a temporary adhesive spray.
I'm sure little Carrie will be getting lots of Grandmother decorated t-shirts.

Gerry I have always used eucalyptus oil or tee tree oil to remove anything that's is sticky or glued maybe you could try this.. Marian

Did the paper & iron and it took most of it off. Then I did cut a piece to fuse over the embroidery & what was left of the glue. I did call the sewing machine store where I bought it & their only solution was to fuse another piece over it!

I have had to clean up glue from projects and this worked for me: Lay a piece of clean white paper over the bits of glue and iron gently to have the bits adhere to the paper. Then cut a piece of the fusible fabric the final size you want before ironing. If you didn't have too much dried glue, you might just iron on another piece cut to size without the paper removing step.

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by gerryb 19 Nov 2014

I'll try the paper. Tks.

Hmmm, I don't know about the directions, but it sound more like the fusible tricot that you would put over the embroidery after you are finished to keep the embroidery from scratching the skin...I suppose you could also iron it down before to stabilize the knit fabric, but then don't remove it...the knit fusible tricot I have is not made to be removed after it is ironed on...

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by gerryb 19 Nov 2014

It is. But it's for both before & after. I've used it as a cover & as a stabilizer to keep the knit from stretching. However, it usually comes loose in the wash around the design & then when you press it, it "re-glues." But the directions said to use it both ways and to pull it back to trim it away. Of course inspiria doesn't have a web site to ask about it & you never get an answer from Viking, so I just didn't mess with them!

I am not familiar with this product. Perhaps other will know. Kay

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by gerryb 18 Nov 2014

Sold at Viking machine store. It's a tricot you fuse to keep knit from shifting.