After several years of toiling at uniting to lengths of fabric together, I discovered something called fusible thread. Before finding this, I used to either use fusible tape that I would have to iron together and then sew to reinforce the bond of the two fabrics. But the tape leaves a somewhat visible line on some displays. Another way that took a long time was putting pins to temporarily attach the fabric and then sew it. But now fusible thread will be the answer. It works like the fusible tape in that an iron is required, but it is thread form and it looks much better since it doesn't leave a line. This will save me a good amount of labor especially when it comes time for me to do longer banners and hopefully large overheads.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Fusible thread is a lifeline!
After several years of toiling at uniting to lengths of fabric together, I discovered something called fusible thread. Before finding this, I used to either use fusible tape that I would have to iron together and then sew to reinforce the bond of the two fabrics. But the tape leaves a somewhat visible line on some displays. Another way that took a long time was putting pins to temporarily attach the fabric and then sew it. But now fusible thread will be the answer. It works like the fusible tape in that an iron is required, but it is thread form and it looks much better since it doesn't leave a line. This will save me a good amount of labor especially when it comes time for me to do longer banners and hopefully large overheads.
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Thinking we should try this for our massive project?
ReplyDeleteYou'd still have to sew where you ironed though because for displays, the fusible thread is a bit like a temporary thing. Sewing finalizes things.
ReplyDeleteFabric ordered for our project, need your expertise on execution now. Like how to trace, assemble and paint this thing.
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