How well you hoop your fabric has an impact on the finished product. Poor registration of stitches can occur from loosely hooped or insecurely hooped pieces. A secure grip on thick or slippery materials can be gained by using high-impact hoops. Fabric tension inside the hoop can be checked by pushing your finger across the fabric. Your tension may be too loose if wrinkles appear.
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Purchasing a few full or half-sized rolls of embroidery stabilizer is the most economical way to get started. This gives the customer flexibility of having inventory that can be used for nearly any or all designs. We also have a wide array of appealing pre-cut sizes that properly fit numerous hoop dimensions.
Generally speaking, a large detailed design with filled embroidery areas on an unstable knit might use a heavier stabilizer than a small design on a stable woven fabric.
Cut away stabilizers are required to provide a stable foundation for delicate and stretchy fabrics both during the stitching process and afterward. Some fabrics are so stretchy they can force themselves down the throat plate. A cut away stabilizer helps retain the design&#;s shape after repeated washings and assists with maintaining the crispness of the design&#;s details. Having a cut away stabilizer that passes washable and dry-cleaning tests is critical. Cut away stabilizers are normally stronger than tear-aways. Softness, ease of cutting, and stability are all important features, but not always synonymous.
Tear away stabilizer is the most popular type of embroidery stabilizer. Designs can normally be completed safely, quickly and more economically compared to using a cut away. All it takes is to cut one expensive garment, the advantage of utilizing a tear away will be quite apparent! Most tear away backings have a density between 1.5 &#; 3.0 oz. A stable tear away backing should be able to absorb repeated perforations and tear easily and cleanly in all directions. Pulling a tough tear stabilizer too hard or too quickly on a delicate long-stitch design can needlessly cause deformation. Using two light layers pulled off one at a time can help you with avoiding these problems.
This is a tear away backing with a pressure sensitive coating and (easy to use) release liner. Peel N Stick is a good choice when embroidering hard-to-hoop areas, (cuffs, collars), high stretch fabrics, and for eliminating hoop marks that occurs with certain materials such as suede and denim. Typically PNS is used by hooping the backing with the release paper facing upward. A quality PNS product should not have a gummy adhesive that can potentially gum up the needle.
Most tear away hat stabilizers are in the 2-3-oz density range. Hat stabilizer is used to improve the crispness of lettering and columns. An extra fold of stabilizer is sometimes used to get a firm setting on rotating cap frames to prevent slippage.
Puffy foam is a lofty material used to generate a 3-dimensional look. (Often on hats) We suggest testing Puffy foam, or at least confirm that it is washable and dry-cleanable.
Black stabilizers are used for dark garments such as black sweatshirts or black leather jackets. Black takes away the distraction of using a white stabilizer in a dark garment. We offer tear away and cut away options in black.
Typically toppings are used to prevent stitches from sinking into high-profile fabric such as corduroy or terry cloth. These products are composed of polyethylene or water-soluble plastic. Please test prior to using that you are satisfied with how it dissolves.
When it comes to selecting embroidery stabilizers, knowing what embroidery backings other embroiderers use with a particular garment is a good start. Unfortunately, this information may not provide all of the answers or, for that matter, any of the answers for your particular machine or design.
Stability of the garment fabric, stitch density, color, stitch length, stitch speed, size of the embroidery, and stability of the design are some of the variables that can influence backing selection.
Fabric stretch is probably the most important factor in selecting embroidery stabilizer. No matter what type, embroidery backing has to be stable enough to prevent movement during the stitching process. There are many different fabrics and many qualities within those types.
Experimentation is often needed even when changing blank suppliers of what appears to be an identical garment. A fabric&#;s structure (weave or knit pattern) is apt to be a better indicator of stability than weight alone. This is particularly true of golf shirts.
How well you hoop your fabric has an impact on the finished product. Poor registration of embroidery stitches can occur from loosely hooped or insecurely hooped garments. This is not an embroidery backing problem. A secure grip on thick or slippery materials can be gained by using higher hoops. Fabric tension in the hoop can be checked by pushing your finger across the fabric. If you see wrinkles, your tension may be too loose.
The least expensive way to acquire embroidery stabilizer is to buy full or half-width rolls. This option allows the small embroiderer to have a sensible backing inventory of only two or three rolls. These rolls can be used for most any design requirements no matter what its size.
AllStitch can supply precut sheets in virtually any size requested. Cutting your own sheets can be a false economy. This is particularly true if your operators do it by hand or with a semi-automatic system. Some frugal users purchase cases of 15x15-inch embroidery backing sheets and cut them down with a paper cutter to maximize their use.
Be cautious in using materials not specifically designed for use as an embroidery stabilizer. These products frequently are seconds and contain errors. Some products have large variations in weight. Extreme shrinkage, particularly dryer shrinkage, and bleeding colors are two other problems that can arise.
Puckering can occur when using an inappropriate material with too much stretch. The use of poorly performing products can test an operator&#;s stamina. The cost per garment for backing of any type is very small. However, using the wrong embroidery backing can be expensive, especially when you are a beginner to machine embroidery
In general, a large detailed design with filled areas embroidered on an unstable knit might use a heavier stabilizer than a small design on a stable woven fabric. However, this rule is broken on a regular basis. We saw a very acceptable 56,000-stitch design done on a T-shirt using two layers of tearaway embroidery backing. Selecting the right type of backing is a key decision.
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A tearaway is the backing of choice for most embroiderers. Designs can usually be finished more quickly, safely, and cheaply with a tearaway than with a cutaway material. If you cut one expensive garment, the advantages of tearaway stabilizers will be with you for life. Most tearaways range in weight from 1.5 to 3 oz/yd2.
To perform well as a backing, a tearaway should be stable and able to withstand repeated perforations. The tear away backing should tear easily and cleanly in either direction. This seems obvious but some embroiderers are still using backings that tear only in one direction. These products have to be tugged at, leave long strings of fiber, and take some courage to remove. Pulling a tough tearaway stabilizer too hard or too quickly on a delicate long stitch design can needlessly cause distortions.
No matter the type of tearaway backing, the accepted wisdom is you should tear the stabilizer as close to the stitches as possible to reduce any chance of distortion. Using two light layers of tearaway backing pulled off one at a time is a technique that can avoid a distortion problem. However, this procedure is relatively expensive and time consuming.
Finally, in choosing a tearaway, most embroiderers consider ease of tear, cleanness of tear, hoop stability, and perforation resistance as important factors in their selection process. Tearaways can be used on most items but, in general, should be used with caution on exceptionally delicate or stretchy fabrics such as loosely knit sweaters. Swimsuits and socks are often exceptions to this rule, and here our RipStitch TW tearaway/washaway is a good choice.
Cutaways embroidery stabilizers are needed to provide a stable base for delicate and stretchy fabrics both during the stitching process and afterward. Some fabrics are so stretchy they can force themselves down the throat plate. A cut away backing not only helps maintain the crispness of a design&#;s details during the embroidery process, it also helps retain the design&#;s shape after repeated washings. Having an angry customer return a sagging or stretched design will remind you of a cutaway&#;s advantages. A quality embroiderer should insist that cutaway backings are both washable and dry cleanable.
Accepted wisdom says you should not cut too close to the embroidery with your scissors and that a gliding scissor motion rather than a cutting one should be used. A cutaway that has some rigidity will enable this gliding scissor motion. When cutting, both the backing and the fabric should be kept in view. Do not allow the garment to fold over.
Some industry consultants recommend blunt-end scissors to prevent snagging fabric. Many people use 3.5-inch to 4-inch double sharps because of their general utility. Nippers are not particularly useful for this operation.
Most cutaway stabilizers range in weight from 1.5 to 3.5 oz/yd2. Cutaways, in general, tend to be more resistant to needling perforations than tearaways. In choosing a cutaway, most embroiderers consider ease of cutting, wash stability, hoop stability, and perforation resistance. Cutaways tend to have more bulk than tearaways. Softness, ease of cutting, and stability can often be mutually exclusive properties for cutaway backings. In some cases, the embroiderer needs to determine which property is most important for a particular design. The softer backings tend to have more hoop stretch and, accordingly, will not allow as crisp a design as stiff ones.
This product is a tearaway backing with a pressure sensitive coating and a release liner. Peel and Stick has three general uses: Hard-to-hoop applications such as shirt collars, cuffs, etc; the stabilization of high stretch fabrics such as bicycle shorts, promotional sweatshirts, etc; and the elimination of hoop marks that can occur with certain problem materials, such as brushed denim and suede.
A good Peel and Stick product should not have a gummy adhesive. The product is generally used by hooping the backing with the release paper facing upward. An X pattern is lightly cut in the hooped center such that the release paper is sliced through but not the backing. Enough of the release paper is peeled back so the portion of the garment to be embroidered can be stuck to the backing. Every custom shop should have a small roll of this product.
Most cap backings range from 2 to 3 oz/yd2 in weight and are tearaways. A clean tearing product is generally preferred. Cap backing is used to improve the crispness of lettering and columns. This is particularly so with low profile and unstructured caps. There are several other less obvious production benefits in using cap backing.
Backing keeps up the tension on the bobbin thread. This allows the embroiderer to switch from flats to hats and back again without touching the machine settings. The use of this backing can prevent cap fabric and fiber from being forced down the throat of the machine. An extra fold of backing can be used to get a firm seating on rotating cap frames to prevent registration slips.
Puff backing is a lofty material used to generate a three-dimensional, trapunto, or quilted look. Do not purchase puff too thick or you will have difficulty completing the design. Before using puff products, test them or at least receive a solid guarantee that the product is washable and dry-cleanable. If the product washes down or falls apart, the results for the consumer can be disappointing.
Black backings are used for dark garments, such as leather jackets and black sweatshirts. The use of these products prevents the generation of a distracting blaze in the interior of the garment that occurs when white is used. Both tearaways and cutaways are available.
As a general rule, these films are used to prevent stitches from sinking into high profile fabric, such as terry cloth or corduroy. Available under a variety of trade names, they are composed of either polyethylene or water soluble plastic. These films can be expensive and some of the less expensive ones do not dissolve well.
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