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Originally Posted by antimony
Hot-Fix are these rhinestones that come with a coating on the back. You pick up the rhinestones with a heated tool that melts the coating on the back of the rhinestones, then you press them on to the fabric and the coating cools and bonds the rhinestone to the fabric.
Unlike using gem-tac or other glues, each rhinestone comes with the thin layer of hot-fix already on the back, so there's no excess that can squoosh out around the edges of the stone. That also means any fabric area between stones can still stretch, so it is less likely to cause the stiff fabric issue that tahiradancer described above. Hot-fix stones are available without prong settings, so you can avoid prongs that might catch on other costume pieces. I know they come in sizes up to at least 9mm.
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This sounds cool (or should I say "hot"?
). Where can I get these "magic beans"? Do they come in a set that includes the heated-tool-thingy to pick up/melt the sticky backing?? Do they carry these at Joann's?