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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 21, 2017 1:43:05 GMT
when you are going to stitch on felt do you use the dissolvable fabric stuff on the back and that's enough to stop puckering or do you need to use the iron on stuff? I know from experience that using nothing causes the felt to change shape and stretch.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 21, 2017 2:10:14 GMT
I would suggest something like Stitch and Tear. You can use more than one layer if you are doing heavy stitching.
The water soluble fabric doesn't provide enough support.
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Post by tracey on Jan 21, 2017 7:17:08 GMT
I love using the iron on interfacing. If I was making a card for example, it is great to attach it to the card by putting the glue on the interfacing, glue onto felt stiffens it of course. It is far easier to free motion onto felt with iron on attached.
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Post by jwugg on Jan 21, 2017 7:35:13 GMT
I like an iron-on interfacing too, quite a thick one. But you can just use stabilizer (very cheap). If it needs to be flexible or washable you'll want the tear-away type, as Ruth suggests, but if it's for a picture, ordinary basic stabilizer is fine.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 21, 2017 14:14:28 GMT
The stitch and tear doesn't get ironed on though is that right?
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 21, 2017 14:55:07 GMT
Stitch and tear can be basted on or pinned on before stitching. Once you have stitched in an area, you can remove the pins from that area. The iron on stabilizers work great too but they are usually more expensive. If you want to add hand stitching afterwards, the iron on glue makes it harder to stitch by hand.
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Post by lyn on Jan 21, 2017 21:05:31 GMT
The iron-on stabiliser comes in different weights. The backed felt is easy to manoeuvre under the needle but Ruth is right - it makes hand stitching more difficult. It can be tricky too making sure that the felt isn't kinked as you apply the stabiliser.
The stitch-on stabiliser also comes in different weights and also makes the felt easy to move under the needle. It's easy to add hand stitching and you can adjust the stabiliser on the back of the felt as you work.
The advantage of using a stitch-on stabiliser is that you can get more texture in your felt - the iron-on stabilisers stiffen the felt thereby limiting its movement. So which you choose will depend on your project.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 22, 2017 14:39:13 GMT
Great thanks
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