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Embroidery Stabilizer

  Used for: Best used on: Comes in: Removal:
Cut-away stabilizers Permanent support Knits, loosely wovens Light to heavy weights Not removed, except for cutting away excess
Tear-away stabilizers Temporary support Firmly woven, natural-fiber fabrics Light to heavy weights; fusible and nonfusible Torn away, but not always completely removable, depending on brand and stitch pattern
Heat-away stabilizers Temporary support Nonwashable, delicate fabrics and for off-the-edge stitching techniques Woven sheets, plastic film Completely removable with iron and caution
Wash-away stabilizers Temporary support Delicate, mesh-like, and difficult-to-mark fabrics; also for cutwork and embroidered appliqués Plastic film, paper sheets, brush-on or sprayable liquid Completely removable with water

Cut-away embroidery stabilizer and tear-away embroidery stabilizer have drastically different aesthetic values.

Cut-away embroidery stabilizer characteristics

  • Softer to the touch in all weights and densities
  • After washing Cut away embroidery stabilizer has a material feel to it
  • Cut-away backing has to be cut from embroidered fabric  which doesn’t have a precision look to the stabilizer removal process
  • More time spent per garment to have a completely finished product

Tear-away embroidery stabilizer characteristics

  • Stiff paper-like feel in all weights and densities
  • After washing Tear-away embroidery stabilizer will be stiff under the bottom stitch but the majority of backing is knocked loose
  • Tear-away backing can be torn where the needle has punched through the backing
  • Typically the tear-away backing removal is much less time intensive due to the ease of removal
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