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Interfacing

February 8, 2025 - February 8, 2025   


Interfacing is a fibre used on the wrong side of the fabric. It is used to stiffen or strengthen a fabric.

This is used in such things as a shirt collar or the area where button holes are sewn.

Interfacings come in a variety of weights and stiffness’s to suit different purposes. Generally, the heavier weight a fabric is the heavier weight an interfacing it will use. There are two different types of interfacing. A heat activated fusible one which is attached by using the iron and the sew in one.

When choosing your interfacing you need to choose one that matches the heaviness of your chosen fabric.

Follow these simple steps when using fusible and sew in interfacing.

– Take your pattern pieces and cut out the interfacing of the areas you need to be strengthened. This may be a lapped button panel or a shirt collar panel. This could also be a facing pattern.

 




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