Press & Seal

OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Julia - I use p & s when I want to quilt a single block pattern that I find
in a book. I trace it on the p & s as many times as I have blocks to quilt.
Then, each piece of p& s goes on the block all positioned nicely and then I
quilt! I tear off the residue quite easily and go on to the next block. I am
doing all this on my HobbyQuilter/SuperQuilter frame setup. I hate marking
quilt tops for quilting and find this is an easy way to do it. By the time
my hand has finished tracing each motif, it can easily freemotion quilt the
block. Clear as mud?

Laurie G. (ready to load another quilt!)
"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
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OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Julia,

I saved most of the tips & comments, (plus some other ideas from self &
friends) that were offered in the newsgroup & have them in a Word document.
I'd be happy to send it to you if you would like.

Pauline

"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
...
OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Do you use your scissors to cut the Press and Seal? I have a TERRIBLE time
using the serrated edge on the box. By the time I get the sheet off, it is
all crumpled and a big mess.

"Laurie G." wrote in message
om...
Julia - I use p & s when I want to quilt a single block pattern that I
find
in a book. I trace it on the p & s as many times as I have blocks to
quilt.
Then, each piece of p& s goes on the block all positioned nicely and then
I
quilt! I tear off the residue quite easily and go on to the next block. I
am
doing all this on my HobbyQuilter/SuperQuilter frame setup. I hate marking
quilt tops for quilting and find this is an easy way to do it. By the time
my hand has finished tracing each motif, it can easily freemotion quilt
the
block. Clear as mud?

Laurie G. (ready to load another quilt!)
"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
...
OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Sort of. I forget that the tear off is opposite of regular plastic wrap.
Press & Seal tears off of the lid of the box and not the bottom of the box.
If you just grab the edge of the plastic and slowly start to tear it, it
comes off a bit better.

Laurie G.


"KJ" wrote in message
news:YkoXc.238121$eM2.184798@attbi_s51...
Do you use your scissors to cut the Press and Seal? I have a TERRIBLE
time
using the serrated edge on the box. By the time I get the sheet off, it
is
all crumpled and a big mess.

"Laurie G." wrote in message
om...
Julia - I use p & s when I want to quilt a single block pattern that I
find
in a book. I trace it on the p & s as many times as I have blocks to
quilt.
Then, each piece of p& s goes on the block all positioned nicely and
then
I
quilt! I tear off the residue quite easily and go on to the next block.
I
am
doing all this on my HobbyQuilter/SuperQuilter frame setup. I hate
marking
quilt tops for quilting and find this is an easy way to do it. By the
time
my hand has finished tracing each motif, it can easily freemotion quilt
the
block. Clear as mud?

Laurie G. (ready to load another quilt!)
"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
...
OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Hullo Kathyl
When I was using it repeatedly, doing a fairly large quilt, in small
square-to-width sized pieces, I developed a knack of doing this. It
involved holding the box up in the sir with my left hand and tearing
quickly with my right hand - using the air to keep the cut-off piece
from sticking to itself. I think I started with a sharp tug on the
serrated edge. It *could* have looked a bit funny, from outside the
window!?
..
In article YkoXc.238121$eM2.184798@attbi_s51, KJ
writes
Do you use your scissors to cut the Press and Seal? I have a TERRIBLE time
using the serrated edge on the box. By the time I get the sheet off, it is
all crumpled and a big mess.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Thanks Patti! I'll try that next time. I can't even get it off to cover my
leftovers...its original function!

"Patti" wrote in message
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Hullo Kathyl
When I was using it repeatedly, doing a fairly large quilt, in small
square-to-width sized pieces, I developed a knack of doing this. It
involved holding the box up in the sir with my left hand and tearing
quickly with my right hand - using the air to keep the cut-off piece
from sticking to itself. I think I started with a sharp tug on the
serrated edge. It *could* have looked a bit funny, from outside the
window!?
.
In article YkoXc.238121$eM2.184798@attbi_s51, KJ
writes
Do you use your scissors to cut the Press and Seal? I have a TERRIBLE
time
using the serrated edge on the box. By the time I get the sheet off, it
is
all crumpled and a big mess.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

LOVE PRESS & SEAL! I use a sharpie fine point to mark on the P&S peels off
nicely after quilting the design
--
Kathy in CA
Quilting Stuff:
http://community.webshots.com/user/kathys1068


"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
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OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

I was just trying to figure out how I'm going to get the design onto the
background for candlewicking an embellishment. Do you think P&S would work
for handquilting and/or candlewicking knots?

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b


"julia sidebottom" wrote in message
...
OK folks,
I was obviously missing during the major information about the value
of Press & seal and what its value is for transfers. So I need to ask
all the Who, what, when, where's and how's?????
juliasb

Hullo Heidi
It's definitely soft enough for handquilting.
I don't know about candlewicking, I'm afraid; but it is not prone to
tear every second, so I imagine it would be possible?
..
In article , hfw
writes
I was just trying to figure out how I'm going to get the design onto the
background for candlewicking an embellishment. Do you think P&S would work
for handquilting and/or candlewicking knots?

--Heidi
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill