Elmer's School Glue Substitute

I have noticed on quite a few US sites, that quilters are using Elmer's School Glue to bast quilts, stick down applique parts etc. Living in Australia means that the ultra cheap and available anywhere (in the US) glue is very hard to find and not so cheap. After much searching on the internet and going through product descriptions I have found some glue here in Australia that is fairly cheap and not to hard to come by, that should do the same thing (I have not actually tested any of these yet, but the description matches the Elmer's). Basically if the glue bottle says Kids PVA, it means that it washes out in water. These are the ones that I found: Bostic Kids PVA, UHU Kids PVA, Gloo Kids PVA, (these should be available at Officeworks, Spotlight and Lincraft) and CraftSmart Kids Glue (I think I got this from Spotlight),

I actually have the CraftSmart Kids glue, my kids have been using it for their crafts and there is about a quarter of it left. I have decided to 'borrow' it for an experiment to see if it does work just like the Elmer's. I have made up a test block  like the actual blocks I will use in my daughters new quilt using off cuts and scraps and I have used the CraftSmart Kids glue to attach all the applique pieces to the background block, and used the iron to heat press it and make it stick faster (I experimented with machine blanket stitch for one of the flowers but decided that hand stitching was actually easier and neater). I am now going to hand sew the applique pieces to  the background. Once I have done that I will wash the block and see how it goes.

I will let you know how it works.