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.
- – For the fusible interfacing take the wrong side of the fabric and the wrong side of the interfacing (the ruff side) and use and iron on the right side of the fabric to attach the two layers. Place a piece of scrap fabric over the two layers when ironing to ensure you do not get any of the glue onto the iron.
- – For the sewing in of the interfacing simply place the interfacing against the wrong side of the fabric and sew like you would a normal pattern piece.