Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

2009-12-12 Thread landofoz
You can buy 100% silk paper or felt (it's neither, really), or make it yourself (it's not hard). What I'm not *getting* is why it has to be stiffened at all. If it's an applique it's decorative and has no structural function, and not having a third layer of anything would make it easier to

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

2009-12-12 Thread Chris Laning
On Dec 12, 2009, at 5:23 AM, landofoz wrote: What I'm not *getting* is why it has to be stiffened at all. If it's an applique it's decorative and has no structural function, and not having a third layer of anything would make it easier to sew pearls on, wouldn't it? It's often difficult

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

2009-12-12 Thread Marjorie Wilser
I really like stitch-n-tear, which might be a brand name. It acts like nonwoven stabilizer, but doesn't have the drag on the needle that the poly nonwovens have. It was designed for machine stitching, but would work anywhere the stitches were packed tightly (small stitching for beadwork?).