Craft Forum / Textile / Sewing / September 2004

 >I have a hook and loop that I am trying to sew to a fabric. The hook
 > and loop has glue on its back so that it is easy to hold it in the
 > correct place on the fabric while sewing. Only problem is that the
 > glue sticks to the needle of the sewing machine and makes it
 > problematic for the thread to pass through the hole of the needle.
 > Until the thread finally breaks.
 > Anyone has any solution to this problem?
 > Yours Odin Roll-Hansen

 I have had this problem many times.  The best solution is get velcro
without the glue.  If you must use the stuff you have, keep a bottle of nail
polish remover next to your sewing machine and keep wiping the needle with
it (on a cottonball of course) until you get through the project.

 Kirsten Harvey Sollie
 Heimdal, Norway

I just used some very annoying adheisive velcro on a mesh bakers rack cover
for a bakery.  I hated it.  after one needle stroke I gave up and I did it
by hand with a big upholstery needle.  I had to use a baby wipe to clean it
very often.  I also used very thick denim-type thread.  I will never put
that stuff near my sewing machine again.

best of luck

Michelle Giordano