A few posts back, you will see I talked about receiving some complimentary tubes of Lapel Stick. I hadn't yet used a Lapel Stick, but I have now. Here is my experience. First of all, the adhesive does hold nicely and goes on smoothly and I would imagine, as advertised, it would be great to carry in pocket or purse to hold something in place in an emergency situation where you aren't near a needle and thread (hem comes loose, button falls off, etc.)
I did not use it for any of that, however. I used it to hold pieces in place on an English paper-piecing project I'm doing. At the same time, I used a glue pen for some of the pieces, so I had a good basis for comparison. I will say that both glues held equally as well. But......the Lapel Stick is wide (the size of any glue stick you find in the stores) and I was working with small pieces, so the glue pen worked better for me in that regard (when using small pieces of fabric). Also, I like that the glue pen has color to it...a light blue.....that fades to clear when it dries....but it helps to determine if you have the glue where you want it. (I guess it might not work so well on something that is blue, but it worked fine on what I was doing.) The Lapel Stick is white/clear right out of the tube and also dries clear, so on my project, I was uable to see if the glue was where I wanted it.
SO......bottom line.....I would not hesitate to use the Lapel Stick when working with bigger pieces and where I didn't need the glue to be colored when it's first applied and I would carry it in my purse for emergency fixes. I will, however, stick with the glue pen for smaller pieces and wherever the "colored" glue is important to me when first applied. If any of you are interested in trying the Lapel Stick, I will send out a couple of tubes to someone whose name I draw on Sunday night. I thank the manufacturers for giving me an opportunity to try this and to share some with one of my blog readers and appreciate that I was allowed to give an honest review of it here, also.
