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I tried to pleat my ribbon like this -






I used an atg gun... and it looked really nice, but the next morning it looked like this -







What can I do differently to make it stay?

I always have to staple or stitch mine to make it stay

Two words... Go digital. You will never have to worry about your glue not working.

Stitch through the ribbon.

What a pain! Sorry you had bad luck.

I honestly ran my ATG gun over the area where I wanted to apply the ribbon and folded it as I went. I probably used several lines of adhesive but the ATG is very adhering.

In the first photo, I ironed it first before adhering. In the second, I just did the adhesive and folded it free hand as I went. My LOS still look exactly like the photos (mine didn't come undone.)

You could try running the ATG along the back of the ribbon instead of the page. The stitching over top of it idea is great, too.

Let us know how it goes.

How about glue dots? I usually use them to adhere ribbon onto paper, but I've never tried them to attach ribbon to itself. Might work???

I always use zots on mine. A zot on the top of the ribbon, fold it over, then another dot in between the ribbon to hold it in place. I use a lot of zots when I do this, but it stays.

I use gluedots and have never had them go undone

I've never seen a LO with this before! Now I have something new to try! I agree that glue dots/zots would probably work.

Could you gently iron it--not to make it totally flat, but to help it stay down and adhere to the adhesive better?

milmomma wrote:Two words... Go digital. You will never have to worry about your glue not working.

I do it like Beth did, and it almost always sticks completely. Where it pops up a bit,I'll stick it down with a glue dot. The stitching definitely holds it though!

I use Glue Dots, too.

milmomma wrote:Two words... Go digital. You will never have to worry about your glue not working.

I second this!!! Let me know if you want any adivce on how to get started!

When I do mine, I put a strip of adhesive down then also on every fold behind as well. Does that make sense?

letumom wrote:

milmomma wrote:Two words... Go digital. You will never have to worry about your glue not working.

It does look in the example like they ironed it actually. I have ribbon glue but any luquid adhesive would probably work better. I don't actually like liquids, my first chouce would always be glue glider, or glue dots but I think I would in this case and then I would probably let it dry under some thing heavy.

AmyTeets wrote:When I do mine, I put a strip of adhesive down then also on every fold behind as well. Does that make sense?

this is how I do mine, I have a lo i did about 6 months ago and I did a lot of pleating and the ribbon is still in place. sorry yours came undone.

Oh just another observation, is your ribbon slick? Like silky feeling? Because that might effect regular adhesive sticking to it.

Oh no!! I always stitch mine too but it's sometimes quite tricky!

ajkulig wrote:Oh just another observation, is your ribbon slick? Like silky feeling? Because that might effect regular adhesive sticking to it.

It is.


I just made it straight this time. I'll drag out the sewing machine or glue dots next time. Thanks for the tips!