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Adhesives for Glass from Streuter Technologies

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At the beginning of the year I blogged about Streuter Technologies products after encountering them at both CHA, The Craft and Hobby Association Show and then in Las Vegas at Glasscraft . My good friend and glass goddess, Leigh Adams has always raved about their adhesives. She uses the No Days sheet and mesh adhesives for mosaic work and the fusing adhesive for, let me guess…fusing. The sheet and mesh, as well as a number of their products are heat activated. A heat gun or an oven or even a kiln at low temperature will activate the glue and the hold is amazing. But more importantly is that if you’re creating mosaic work it’s ready to grout immediately. You don’t have to wait overnight for the glue to dry. Once the piece has cooled down, you’re ready to go. And as an instructor, that allows a mosaic class in a day…even just a couple of hours. Fabulous!

And the fusing adhesive is just as cool. Sometimes you need to tack everything down and then walk it to the kiln. Any false move and there’s glass or frit everywhere without some glue to assist. Not cool. And some glues, whether you like it or not can leave a residue. Yuck. The No Days fusing adhesive leaves no residue and it dries quickly and completely. Nice…and also handy if you teach. Nobody wants to wait around for their glue to dry. And no one wants residue…

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Samplers to Cross Stitch for the Fourth of July

I already shared some cross stitch patterns specific to America 250, but if you want to cross stitch something more general for the Fourth of July, these patriotic sampler style patterns are a great place to start. 

Stitch up some classic July 4th symbols, from the Statue of Liberty to hot dogs, with this sampler from Voluur. At 197 by 197 stitches, it comes out to 12.31 inches or 31.27 cm on 16 count fabric. It uses 38 colors and one blend, and has full and half cross stitches as well as back stitching. 

This sampler from Wombat Stitching is a little more traditional, but it does still have fireworks, something that looks like an ice cream, birds in hats and a stack of sheep for some reason. This one uses nine colors and is 193 by 103 stitches. That makes it 13.8 inches or 35 cm on 14 count fabric. 

This smaller sampler from Wonder Stitch US has a rocket, fireworks, flag, star and other elements. It is 86 by 86 stitches and uses 11 colors. On 16 count fabric it comes out to 5.5 inches, or 14 cm square. (I also love their Liberty design, with a house, woman holding a flag, a big flowers stitched like classic star motifs from quilting. There’s also a cat.)

Or try this one from Aliton Embroidery, which features a women in stars, stripes and a festive hat, an eagle, stars, fireworks and a flag, with a fun red, white and blue border. At 98 by 67 stitches, I think it uses five colors or thereabouts. It measures 7 by 4.8 inches, or 17.78 by 12.16 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

Get a totally classic sampler look with this patriotic design that’s not specific to the Fourth of July. Made by Happiness is Heart Made, it features a house, flowers, hearts, classic starts, an alphabet, bunting and more. It uses four colors and measures 129 by 213 stitches. On 14 count fabric it measures 9.21 by 15.21 inches, or 23.4 by 38.6 cm.