For soft fluid fabrics, such a viscose, I like to apply a larger peice of interfacing to the fabric and cut out the small facing pieces with the fabric already interfaced. It wastes some interfacing but there's no slipping or stretching between the layers.
I keep a basket full of different kinds of interfacings and its cut offs and is a bit of a pick and mix 😂 but recently I’ve started to put a sticky label with the details on, so when I come to use interfacing in my projects I can be more discerning and choose the best for the fabric. This video came at a perfect time, thanks Lucy it was really useful ✂️🧵🪡
I lived in Toronto, Canada a large city with a garment/designer district. I used to purchase overstock interfacing used by a famous designer. It was the first time I saw fluid knit interfacing being used with woven fabrics. Another tip from a high-end brand was the use of silk organza in light wovens. I know because I used to deconstruct expensive clothes once they had worn out.
This is such a useful video - thank you. Any chance you could do a similar one on tapes - basting tapes, wonder tapes, seam and stay tapes, bonding tapes, hemming tapes. Are they the same type of thing or interchangeable? So confusing! I'm sure they would be really useful - but how? Any advice is welcome.
Remember to preshrink your interfacing if it is cotton or rayon! Just soak it in hot water until the water cools then hang up to drip dry. Don’t agitate or rub in any way (you don’t want to dislodge the glue beads!). I find that submerging and soaking does the trick.
Thanks for these! (I tend to use woven cotton fusible for most things... as I basically never sew with polyester, it avoids the risk of melting the interfacing because you've left the iron set for natural fibres! 🤣)
Excellent. Thank you. I always use a sheet of Teflon (designed for baking trays) above and below my interfacing when pressing. It really works to protect the iron and the cover. 😊
I never knew there’s a stretch interfacing as we all know knits stretch out and becomes unruly after awhile. My tip : I store interfacing on wrapping paper cardboard rolls as well as fabrics .no creases😊Great choices on your site . Thank you for informational videos well done
When I first started sowing some 40+ years ago, there was only sew in interfacing. When the iron-on came along, it was a game changer as far as I was concerned. I don't think I've used sew in since, although I can think of a couple of applications that I may use it for in the future. Really helpful video.
For soft fluid fabrics, such a viscose, I like to apply a larger peice of interfacing to the fabric and cut out the small facing pieces with the fabric already interfaced. It wastes some interfacing but there's no slipping or stretching between the layers.
I keep a basket full of different kinds of interfacings and its cut offs and is a bit of a pick and mix 😂 but recently I’ve started to put a sticky label with the details on, so when I come to use interfacing in my projects I can be more discerning and choose the best for the fabric. This video came at a perfect time, thanks Lucy it was really useful ✂️🧵🪡
Thanks as you have shown me more than I have seen before
Excellent information and tips as always. Thank you.
It's a pleasure I'm so glad it was helpful to you, thanks for watching.
I lived in Toronto, Canada a large city with a garment/designer district. I used to purchase overstock interfacing used by a famous designer. It was the first time I saw fluid knit interfacing being used with woven fabrics. Another tip from a high-end brand was the use of silk organza in light wovens. I know because I used to deconstruct expensive clothes once they had worn out.
This is such a useful video - thank you. Any chance you could do a similar one on tapes - basting tapes, wonder tapes, seam and stay tapes, bonding tapes, hemming tapes. Are they the same type of thing or interchangeable? So confusing! I'm sure they would be really useful - but how? Any advice is welcome.
Remember to preshrink your interfacing if it is cotton or rayon! Just soak it in hot water until the water cools then hang up to drip dry. Don’t agitate or rub in any way (you don’t want to dislodge the glue beads!). I find that submerging and soaking does the trick.
Love the tip about cutting the pattern pieces in interfacing first, will definitely do that next time, thanks for the video
Very informative video, thank you! I've just bought my first sewing machine and I'm trying to learn as much as I can 😃
Thanks for these! (I tend to use woven cotton fusible for most things... as I basically never sew with polyester, it avoids the risk of melting the interfacing because you've left the iron set for natural fibres! 🤣)
Excellent. Thank you. I always use a sheet of Teflon (designed for baking trays) above and below my interfacing when pressing. It really works to protect the iron and the cover. 😊
I never knew there’s a stretch interfacing as we all know knits stretch out and becomes unruly after awhile.
My tip : I store interfacing on wrapping paper cardboard rolls as well as fabrics .no creases😊Great choices on your site . Thank you for informational videos well done
When I first started sowing some 40+ years ago, there was only sew in interfacing. When the iron-on came along, it was a game changer as far as I was concerned. I don't think I've used sew in since, although I can think of a couple of applications that I may use it for in the future. Really helpful video.
Great video. Could I ask what was the pattern you used for the blouse you showed in the video? Thank you :)
Thanks Lucy 😊
Great tips Thank you .
Great video! Can you sew on top of the iron on interfacing?
Sorry if you covered this but do you steam or a dry iron?
Lovely skirt Lucy in that gorgeous fabric 😍
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