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Peeling Off the Material (Excluding Quilt
Piecing)
After cutting the material, use a spatula to peel off
the fabric together with the attached contact
sheet.
a
Pattern that was cut out
b
Contact sheet
c
Spatula
Note
•
Do not place anything heated on the fabric
attached with a contact sheet. Adhesive will
permeate any other pieces of fabric around.
•
When peeling off the material, insert the spatula
as level as possible into the space between the
material and mat. Strongly rubbing the adhesive
side of the mat may damage it.
Attaching Fabrics With the Double-
Sided Adhesive
Place a cutout on a base fabric and apply pressure
on the top of the cutout using an iron. (The
contact sheet may not adhere well to some
fabrics.) Hand or machine stitch to ensure that the
cutout stays in place.
a
Base fabric
b
Cutout with a contact sheet
Note
• Do not wash fabrics attached together with a
double-sided adhesive contact sheet.
• When attaching fabrics with the double-sided
adhesive, iron carefully, being sure that the
material and adhesive surfaces are properly
heat-set.
• When attaching fabrics of different weights with
the double-sided adhesive, first iron the lighter-
weight fabric to affix the contact sheet.
• When attaching fabric with an iron-on sheet
attached or paper to the mat, cleanly peel off
the support sheet from the mat, or attach the
material to a different standard tack adhesive
mat without a support sheet attached.
Notice on Use of Iron-on Fabric
Appliqué Contact Sheet
• Store the contact sheet at room temperature
and in a location not exposed to high
temperatures, high humidity or direct sunlight.
a
b
c
a
b