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Machine embroidery needs a good quality stabilizer, the right backing has a big impact on how your embroidery will turn out. The backing is used to stabilize the design. The right backing will see that the stitches are formed evenly giving them a sharp finish.

Many times people have sent me projects they have done that did not work out quite how they had wanted, on many of these occasions they have used the wrong backing.

This product is used for woven fabrics (no stretch), used for items such as shirts, dresses, hats and the backing of towels. It tears easily from the embroidered design, for quick clean up.
The type of fabric you use determines which weight you use.

ALL TEARAWAY
100cm Wide

It is important to remember when purchasing your Tearaway's that you buy quality.

There are many Tearaway's on the market that are made to a price not a standard. Cheap Tearaway's with diagonal stretch will give designs a cheap finish look. These Tearaway's are best used as tracing paper as that is what they are best used for. All Tearaway's sold through this site are woven.
Remember perfect results can be achieved by anyone when using quality accessories.

This product is used mainly for stretch knit fabrics and is great for polo shirts, jumpers, t-shirts or any other type of knit. If you fabric does not stretch you can use Tearaway.
The more stitches a designs has the more backing you need, use you judgement sometimes multiply layers of backing is better than the heavy, the medium weight is ideal for most applications. Please note this backing has to be cut with scissors.

NON TEARAWAY
90cm Wide

This backing is perforated and quite spongy in texture, it is perfect for kids clothing as it is soft against their skin. It is also good to use if someone complains that tearaway itches.

Hoop it as you would tearaway in the hoop. It should not be hooped to tight, easily tears away for quick clean up.

MULTI PURPOSE

Professional badge fabric is a high quality material which is ready fused to a stiff woven backing and is designed to make it easy to use it for patches. You only need one layer of this fabric to make a patch. It is economical when doing many patches and has lots of advantages over other methods.Firstly it is ready to use just iron on when finished,second it improves embroidery appearance,particular with small fine lettering.It comes it a whole range of colours.No need to purchase many other products to make a patch.You need good foundations for making a patch.If you are doing allot of them the same the colour and fabric consistency is the same.Sometimes when doing home made patches they can be bulking and the garment puckers out,too thick ect The product works very well in Home machines and l know of many home embroiderers who just make patches all day long with this product.Most industrial embroiderers use it in badge overlockers(Merrow) or merrowing is what we refer to it.
Now you can hoop this product for making your Badges but using Hydrostick with it is the way to go. The Hydrostick will allow you to embroider all irregular shaped articles and eilminates the need to hoop it. It is a strong stuff and l found that Filmoplastic (Sticky Papper) is not strong enough to hold it.It has a iron on
type of backing as it is ready fused at the back .The hydro-stick works very fast and gives a very strong hold. Cut out your hydrostick bigger than your frame.Hoop just the hydro-stick.Cut out a square peice of Prefused professional
backing, or the shape of badge you intend to do.Make it slightly larger so you can do your boarder.Activate the adhensive of Hydro-stick with a damp spondge.Postion you Prefused Badge material on the top of the hydrostick and lightly push down for a few minites till hydrostick has it held down firmly.Put you Hoop back in your machine and embroider your Badge/patch.Do you boarder first.Most machines have frames and boarders already in them.If not use a floppy or a card .By using the frames in your machine it saves you from having to cut out the shape.You can use oval,circles,triangles or digitize your own.You can do your boarder twice to make it araised more.,plus it will be more stronger and durable.When finished simply cut as close around the boarder as you can to finish it off.You will find once you cut around prefused Badge material around the boarder that any bits left just pull off so all you are left with is just your sewn boarder and patch.To remove your hydro-stick if you do it straight away when finished, just score the back using a sharpe knife and tear it away.Then all you have to do is iron your patch on or give them to your customer to iron on.You can lightly stitch them on at the back off the material.Just like ordinary patches and Badges you will find that they come off sooner or later in the wash.Also not everyone can iron straight, ask me how l know.LOL
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Quick, easy and economical. Has several advantages over other methods. Stocked in Black and White other colors available upon request. Some people use it for knits also.

Badge Maker

If you have trouble hooping your fabric then this Iron On stabilizer maybe the product you. Good results can be achieved and certainly will not cause gumming of the needle.

It also will not leave any residue on the fabric. Unlike other brands of iron on only one layer of this product is required.

IRON ON

For those really tricky embroidery jobs which are hard to frame - Filmoplastic makes it easy.Use it for pockets, ties, napkins, caps or items that need to be embroidered close to the edge and can not be held in a normal hoop.
I f you use flimoplastic which is what the industrial embroiderers use
you will not have a problem.There are a few sticky backs out most of
the domestic ones are no good in my view.We have an Australian
company here that makes one and it is the worst l have ever used.The
flimoplastic is in a world of its own.When using flimoplastic (sticky
Back) it is not necessary to replace the entire piece after each
design.Simple place a small patch on the underside of the hoop to
patch the hole made by the previous design.Also by placing any sticky
back stabilizer into a hoop prior to removing the grid protective
film,you will avoid getting sticky residue on the hoop frame
Thick Towels
For thick towels it is best not to hoop
them.Choose the smallest size hoop that will accommodate the design
you are embroidering.By using flimoplastic (Sticky back) it will stop
the hoop popping out on a thick towel or your screw being
striped.With flimoplastic you can use hoopless embroidery.This allows
you to adhere and secure towels without having to hoop them.
Irregular shaped items can be embroidered on the same way and no hoop
burn.Just hoop you stabilizer and stick your towel down.If using
flimoplastic just cut out the shape and peel back the sticky back.If
you print out your design template you can trace it on the
flimoplastic .Then slice around design template with Sharpe knife and
peel the flimoplastic back.This way you only use what you need of the
flimoplastic and do not waste it .You can then patch your hole in the
flimoplastic with another piece and you are ready to go again.You can
add another piece of tearaway under your hoop to stop any sticky
building up on your needles.It has grid lines on the back to help use as a guide. I suggest if you have not used this product before or are unsure please contact me for a free "RACHEL'S FACT SHEET".
Remember it is only really for jobs that are hard to frame.

For those really tricky embroidery jobs which are hard to frame that's where Hydro-stick non-toxic is helpful.Use it on hankerchiefs, napkins,ties, ribbions,leather, or items that need to be embroidered close to the edge and cannot be held in a normal embroidery hoop. Hydro stick allows you to adhere and secure articles without having to hoop them.Embroider irregular-shaped items
can be embroidered on and no hoop burn.Simply activate the adhensive surface with a damp sponge,place the fabric on the adhensive surface and embroider as usual.You can re-moisten and re-use remaining workable sized pieces several times.Have found it works good on very thick fabrics that you cannot hoop in a domestic machine, just don't wet the back of the adhesive too much.

MANUFACTERED BY JOHN SOLOMON (U.S.A)
Soft sheer ,stable translucent Polymesh Stabilizer will not show through on thin material. Use just one thin layer for a "no Show"backing. Ideal for light weight knits. You can add a thin layer of tear away for extra support on heavy knits. Helps with outline and nice and soft against the skin.

Fusible Polymesh Cutaway

A sheer fusible polymesh cutaway backing. Eliminates the show-through of traditional cutaway backings. Adhere to garment with an iron. . Fusible Poly Mesh can be used too cover the back of finished embroidery. It is Soft, and transparent. It will barely be felt next to the skin. - Just iron it on -
Great for babies cloths.

Wet and Set was developed for embroidery applications that have been too difficult with tradional hooping. Now you can embroider irregular shaped articles, slippery fabrics and eliminate hoop burns. Wet and Set allows you to adhere and secure articles without having to hoop them. Great on velvets, napped materials, silks, knits, vinyl, leather and any material requiring a better hold.

HOOP APPLICATION:

1.Cut wet and set larger than the size of the hoop to be used,
then hoop the backing only. (Adhesive side up)

2. Activate the adhesive surface with water by a damp sponge, rag, or foam paintbrush.

3.Lightly trace where you want the article to adhere.
Be sure that the surface is evenly moistened.

4.Position article on tacky surface, flattening out
all wrinkles with a slightly firm touch. Try to adhere as much of the surface as possible.

5.Insert into machine, making sure area to be embroidered
is free of wrinkles and loose fabric. If repositioning is required,
lift and remoisten the surface.

6.Embroider the item. When finished simply tear away (or cut away) the backing
as you normally would, keeping in mind that there may be some resistance from the adhesive.

HOOPLESS APPLICATION:

1.Please select a hoopless frame and size that will allow the item to slide
under the arm of the machine.

2.After choosing the proper size window, the wet and set must
be cut to that size making sure that it does not extend past the edges of the window.

3.Activate the adhesive surface with water by using a light spray
mist from a water bottle or a damp sponge. Be sure that the surface is evenly moistened.

4.Adhere the backing to the backside of the window.
Insert frame on to the machine. For the initial loading of the garment
place the pantograph far enough back so that the entire length of the
frame is resting on the arm of the machine.

5.Load article by sliding on to the frame and firmly
adhering to the tacky surface. Please note that the clearance under the arm for the article to move freely may be tight depending on the size of the embroidery field and the window frame that is being used.

6.Allow several seconds for the adhesive to set, and then embroider the item.

7.When finished, remove the frame from the machine and carefully
tear away the backing from the garment as well as the frame.
Any residue remaining on the frame can be removed with a simple
wiping from a damp rag or sponge.

wet and set is a completely safe product
with no harmful chemicals. It is completely water soluble
for fast easy clean up and won't 'gum' up needles or contaminate
any moving parts on the machine.

Two major points

# 1
You do not need a lot of water initially

A damp sponge, rag, foam brush or stamp roller moistener will do

Remember that it is a remoistenable adhesive and that water activates it.

If you turn it over to the glue line where it touches the fabric

and remoisten right there it will reactivate and release.

NO SHOW NYLON MESH

It was specifically developed for left chest "logo" applications to eliminate the backing "shadow" - or the show through on a light shirt of the regular non woven cutaway.

It is SOFT and sheer - almost invisible!

Available in the following colors:
White, Beige, Flesh or Black

Also available in a "fusible" iron on version in all 3 colors

#1 To eliminate the use of adhesive sprays -
Use your silk iron setting so as not to scorch or shrink your fabric

#2 To cover the back of scratchy stitches-
There is nothing more soft , stable or sheer - Its invisible.

No Show Nylon Mesh is 100% nylon. It has an adhensive backing that is activated by low-tem iron, for strong and secure hold.It is great for high stitch count designs and is very soft against the skin.The stabilizer can also be ironed onto an embroidered piece so metallic threads wont stretch your skin.

Knits can be very
stretchy and there is a simple way even a newie can do very easy.
When doing t-shirts l always use the embroidery method of hoopless
embroidery. This technique is where you just hoop the stabilizer
fusible nylon mesh adhesive side up. You then place hoop inside t-
shirt,pin the back up,the front is placed on top of
the adhesive stabilizer, which is secured by ironing your t-shirt on.
This iron on technique is perfect for stretch fabrics and a hoop
iron is just small enough to fit inside the hoop to temporary hold
your t-shirt fabric on.Your hoop iron will fit in a 4x4 hoop.
A hoop iron can also be used inside your hoop to fuse applique
material onto the hooped base fabric.It is fantastic for any kind of
applique and machine piecing and so compact you can keep it right
beside your machine.I know many of my embroidery friends use the
stitch and trim applique l have taught in classes this is the mini
iron you may have seen with me.Again to help with the multiple
applique pieces hoop a piece of fusible no show nylon mesh
place,mark in the design placement using water soluble pen,place
fabric on top,place hoop iron inside frame and lightly iron inside
the hoop perimeter,adhering the fabric onto the fusible nylon
mesh.Use your large hoop and embroidery several of the designs in
the one hooping.cut out the embroidered designs on the stitching
line for exact applique shape.Cutwork done in the hoop and quilting
as you go is very easy with this method even with fleece.Once you
hoop your nylon mesh stabilizer do not pull on it.Pulling on the
stabilizer once it is hooped up will result in puckers around the
design once the stabilizer is removed from the hoop.Right now l am
working on a quilting where the whole thing is done using hoopless
embroidery.Sure is making my life so easy.

Stitch N Shape Stabilizer

Used for creating tote bags, place mats, fabric bowls/boxes, hat brims and more. This remarkable product will hold its shape after it is inserted between two layers of fabric. You can stitch or embroidery directly through it. Items constructed with Stitch N Wash can be laundered and then reshaped by steaming. Create unique picture frame mats by painting, stitching or embellishing directly on it.Fantastic for the new embroidery fabric bowls much easier to work with than other products on the market.Does not catch on the embroidery foot of your machine like others on the market.Stitch N Shape (Fabric Baskets, Boxes, Tote Bags & Purses):

• 100% polyester Easy to re-shape Washable and Dry Cleanable NO fillers - perfect for embroidery and smooth stitching
• FSS1515SF ( 15"x10 yards by the roll) or buy by meter lengths the amount you require.

Single Side Fusible Stitch N Shape:We also have it in the fusible which allows you to iron directly to your fabric for a better hold when making items.

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