Attaching your patten. There's all kinds good options here, depending on what you are doing. First there's the glue stick, this is great for really small parts when spray adhesive would just make a mess, its also nice because it cleans up with only water. when you want it to let go, a wet finger is all it takes. You can get glue sticks almost anywhere, the dollar stores, office supply store any craft shop also carries them. They're also inexpensive.
Next is rubber cement, its also relatively inexpensive and you can brush it on only where you need it, also good for small parts or jobs. You can by rubber cement in the same places that you picked up your glue sticks. Rubber cement needs solvent to get it to release.
Spray adhesives are good for larger projects. Spray adhesive basically fall into two categories, temporary bond types and permanent bonding. My favorite is Krylon's Easy-Tack Repositionable Adhesive 7020. You can pick this up at Hobby Lobby for under $5.00, coat both your work and the pattern, press on and give it a little drying time and your good to go. 3M also makes a similar product called Spray Mount, I'd like to try it when I find some. 3M also makes a 75 repositionable adhesive, I think I saw this at Home Depot.
My next choice is 3M's General Purpose 45 Spray Adhesive, this is best with light coats on both pattern and material, if you get to much on it becomes a permanent bond. If you have trouble getting your pattern off, apply a light coat of turpentine to your pattern and let it sit a few minutes. If you are still having a problem removing the pattern, apply a more liberal coat of the turpentine an d wait a minute or two more, be patient and let the solvent do its job. The GP-45 can also be used as a permanent bond spray. This cleans up well with turpentine.
3M make other spray adhesives Super-77, 80,90,etc. these are for permanent bonding and I don't recommend them for adhering patterns.
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