Even if you don’t sew anything yourself, a situation may arise when you urgently need to connect two pieces of fabric without using threads or you need to glue an applique or decoration on a jacket or shirt. How to glue fabric to fabric so as not to spoil a beautiful thing or, conversely, significantly improve it? There are several options. Consider the most affordable and simple.
How to stick fabric to fabric
As a rule, in this way they either decorate the finished product
(applications, flowers) or strengthen the upper fabric. The second option is used mainly when sewing jackets, coats, jackets. In such products there are some details that, without additional sizing, do not hold the shape well enough. These include collar, collar, cuffs, etc. It is also sometimes necessary to glue the bottom of the trousers or skirts in order to more accurately design the edge of the product. In any case, adhesive fabrics are most often used, and if you need to glue the application, you can use a thermal gun. The use of
PVA glue is advisable only in the manufacture of
panels of fabric on the wall. Considering that this glue is water-soluble, it is not worth using it to fix the usual application on a T-shirt or children's jeans. Otherwise, you risk after washing to get separately the jewelry from the washing machine and the product separately.
How to glue doublerin, sickle or other adhesive material
To strengthen an excessively soft fabric, use adhesive woven or non-woven
materials. A layer of glue is applied on them, which does not stick until it is heat-treated with a hot iron. How to stick fabric to fabric? With a warm but not hot iron, iron the fabric quickly so that all folds are smoothed out. Then carefully lay out the parts that need to be strengthened on an adhesive basis. Make sure that the adhesive layer is facing the fabric. Then use a hot iron to smooth the parts thoroughly. It is not recommended to use steaming, since in this case the adhesive base may lose its properties. If wrinkles are formed or small air bubbles remain, you can additionally iron the fabric. In the event that this does not help, you should steam the adhesive material and repeat the whole procedure again, but with a different piece. Parts of the product requiring sizing must be laid out on the adhesive material. Cutting to the moment of heat treatment is not recommended, since in the process you can move the part outside the adhesive. In this case, you have to redo the work.
How to glue the fabric
In order to produce products that are not subjected to wet processing, you can use either PVA or
clerical glue. A special glue, for example, “Moment” glue, is also quite suitable. An application in the form of a flower on a panama hat or on a lapel of a jacket is best secured with a thermal gun or simply sewn on. To glue the fabric using a heat gun, just plug it into the network and then wait a few minutes until it heats up to the desired temperature. Caution must be exercised when handling this instrument. He heats up to high temperature and in a hot state is quite capable of causing a burn.
Having familiarized yourself with the basic ways of gluing fabric to fabric, you can safely get to work.