Marathon Threads Canada - Stabilizers: Backing & Topping Films

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NEW! AUG. 2010 - available in 3 widths A 2 oz biodegradable tearaway / washaway adhesive or "sticky" stabilizer with a VERY needle friendly adhesive. It is used in "hoopless" or clamp type embroidery applications for hard to hoop items such as heavy towels, CD cases, backpacks, cuffs, collars, socks etc. With Eco Stick embroidery in every area is possible. Eco Stick being a tearaway / washaway you will not need to pick out stabilizer remnants from open designs as it will disappear after an initial wash. It is used for fabrics that can be marred by the hooping process to avoid hoop "ring burn" like velvet, suede, ultra suede, some leathers , satins. and other delicate fabrics. Eco Stick utilizes the latest and the most needle friendly adhesive available. It will avoid gummy build up and residue on needles and hoops which can lead to excessive thread breaks. Please note that Eco Stick will support medium density stitch counts up to approximately 12,000 stitches. For higher and more dense stitch counts just add another layer of tearaway - hooped or "floated" under the hoop. 8" x 10 yds - Item # eco-8" 11.5" x 10 yds - Item # eco-12" 18" x 10 yds - Item # eco-18"
NEW! SEPT. 2009 Fuse & Tear is a fusible tear-away stabilizer with a low melt fusible coating. Developed for embroidery on light weight woven fabrics Fuse & Tear® is for shirt weight fabrics, linens etc eliminating any movement or slippage when they are hooped or while embroidering. This fusible tearaway eliminates the need for messy spray adhesives which leave a residue on needles, hoops and fabrics. The low melt 260 degree F fusible was made to prevent scorching or shrinking of fabric. The fusible bond prevents movement or slippage leading to accurate registration. This product offers a clean & easy tear from your design after embroidering. • Use for dense designs on lightweight woven fabrics such as linens & shirt weight fabrics. • Eliminates any shift or movement of the fabric while embroidering • Will support approximately 6,000 stitch count of a moderately dense well digitized design. • Tears away very cleanly. • Eliminates messy or toxic spray adhesives! Directions: 1. Fuse one layer of Fuse and Tear to the back of the fabric to be embroidered before hooping. Be sure to use a piece slightly larger than the hoop to insure proper hooping tension *Important - Use a low to medium temp 260 degrees F - silk setting on your iron. A press cloth underneath your iron is recommended. 2. Hoop the garment and stabilizer. Try to achieve or approach a “tambourine skin” type tension in your hoop. 3. Embroider your design. If the design is dense or more than the suggested number of stitches float another layer of tearaway under the hoop and the first tearaway layer for extra support. 4. Once the design is complete tearaway the excess stabilizer. 14.5" x 10 yds - Item # fuse
NEW! MARCH 2009 Fuse Cloud Cover Stitch over the back of a finished design to cover scratchy stitches on the backside of embroidery designs. It is soft and sheer - ideal for baby garments, golf shirts, or tees. Anywhere to avoid a scratchy irritant to the skin! Cloud Cover has a very unique multi directional stretch. It bonds at a moderate temperature with your fabric but will in no way adversely affect the bulk or drapability of your garment. It is also used on silks and satins in order to arrest any unraveling or shredding while sewing. Iron should be set at 300 F or wool setting, iron for 8-12 seconds with a press cloth on top. DO NOT USE STEAM! Please note: Cloud Cover Stitch is not a stabilizer. NEW SIZE 11.5" x 10 yds - Item # cloud-10yd
LITE STEAM-A-SEAM 2 NEW! JAN. 2009 Double Stick lightweight fusible web Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 has a pressure sensitive adhesive that allows for a temporary hold to your materials. There is no pressing until your entire appliqué is in place. Once fused, the bond is strong and permanent. The Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 is 1/2 the weight of the regular version. Perfect for hand and machine appliqué. Detailed instructions are on package. Trace, Stick, Cut, Peel, Press and voila! in packages of 5 sheets, 9" x 12" sheets - Item # steam-5417
NEW! MARCH 2009 SOFT, DRAPABLE & ALMOST INVISIBLE! Also available in a FUSIBLE version! HOLDS MORE STITCHES! It is perfect for left chest logos, pique knits, T Shirts, infant items and micro fiber apparel. No Show "Diagonal" mesh is a nylon mesh stabilizer with a diagonal embossing pattern. It is more multi-directionally stable than previous versions. Therefore it will hold more stitches per single layer than the regular perpendicular patterned mesh leading to better and tighter registration or definition per single layer. If you add a mid weight tearaway as a sandwich it can hold an even higher stitch count! 1.5 oz. Nylon Mesh Diagonal White #EB151 (similar to our No Show Nylon Mesh #C301) 11¾" x 25 yds - Item #eb151 Fusible Nylon Mesh Diagonal White #EB151 (similar to our No Show Fusible Nylon Mesh #C304) 14½" x 10 yds - Item #eb151-Coat 10y By fusing the stabilizer to the back of the garment, the fabric will not move or stretch leading to better registration. The stabilizer is temporarily attached to the entire area where the embroidery will be stitched eliminates the use of messy spray adhesives which only "spot" tack and allow shifting of the fabric and are quite messy leaving residue on needles hoops and machine parts We use a low melt fusible - 260 F so as not to scorch or shrink your fabric. When you are finished with your embroidery, re-fuse the edges- peel back and trim around your design. One layer should support 10-12,000 stitches of a moderately dense design. If you sandwich a tearaway behind it, it should hold a lot more! Use the fusible version to cover up scratchy stitches on the back of the embroidery. Also available: new stock May 2009 No Show Nylon Mesh C301 White 12” x 12 yds - Item #1688 C301 White 12" x 25 yds - Item #1531 C303 Beige 12" x 25 yds - Item #1532 No Show Fusible Nylon Mesh C304 White 12" x 10 yds - Item #1670 C305 Black 12" x 25 yds - Item #1534
NEW! MARCH 2009 Wash-Away Dissolvable Stabilizer similar to H₂0 GONE TP500 Soft & Sheer Stronger Then Films Completely Dissolvable No Fiber Residue Great For Free-standing Lace, Emblems, Napkins etc Perfect for fleece blankets Wash-Away White 11.75" x 25yd - Item #cw201-11.75" 14.5" x 25yd - Item #cw201-14.5" ~ ~ ~ H₂0 GONE White 12" x 25 yds - Item #1536 15” x 25 yds - Item #1682		Wash-Away Directions: Please test thoroughly prior to beginning any project. Before handling Wash-Away, be sure that hands and work area are completely dry. Cut piece larger then hoop. Hoop Wash-Away with or without article depending on application. If spray adhesive* is needed, apply light coverage only where needed. *Note: This may cause difficulty in the removal of Wash-Away if used too liberally. Embroider / Sew article. Trim excess stabilizer. Too dissolve remaining stabilizer, submerge article in liberal amounts of warm water and apply a slight agitation, or run through a delicate wash cycle. Due to hard water conditions, it may be necessary to repeat this step.
BLACK CUTAWAY #EB625 Brought in due to customer demand. This is a soft feel medium-heavy weight 2.5 oz., 70g/m² non woven cutaway made from cellulose and polyester with needle lubricants to promote needle glide. 14¾" x 10 yds - Item #EB625-10yd
		HOT MELT FILM This is similar to our Trick Film but in a smaller size roll. Sticks to your non-teflon iron after embroidering. Great for freestanding lace, patches, appliqué, sweatshirts, toweling, etc. You can embroider directly on it. Use when you want the stabilizer to completely disappear after embroidering but you don’t want to wet the fabric. 10" x 50 yds - Item #1748
Not exactly as illustrated. Press & Tear Directions Place one piece of Press ad Tear in the embroidery frame with the release paper side facing up. Score the surface or the corner of the release paper Peel back the paper to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive sticky surface. Stick down the item to be embroidered and pat and smooth out any wrinkles. Stitch away. Remove the stabilizer excess stabilizer by gently tearing it away from around the design. If you have a high or dense stitch count – above 6,000 or so stitches, you can "float an extra layer of regular tear away underneath your stitching area. .		replaces our Peel & Stick stabilizer Easy Embroidery for those hard to hoop items! Press & Tear is a needle friendly pressure sensitive adhesive tearaway stabilizer. It allows you to embroider those hard to hoop items with rarely any residue on your needles. Perfect for those difficult jobs like: CD Cases, Cooler tops, heavy towels or blankets, collars and cuffs, socks, and heavy jackets or anything that is difficult to hoop. Even tiny baby socks are easy with Press and Tear. You hoop the stabilizer…not the sock! Just place the stabilizer in the hoop, release the paper backing, and lay and smooth out the baby sock. Pin back the additional sock area out of the way and you have a smooth surface ready to embroider. When finished just release the embroidery, and remove any excess from the back. Releases with ease, but holds perfectly while embroidering. The stabilizer is a 1.5 oz, dense, “wet laid “ non-directional, non-woven tearaway that contains needle lubricants to promote needle glide and reduce sticky build up. It tears away cleanly and easily leaving none of the fuzzies behind. Eliminates the use of spray adhesives. 8" x 10 yards - Item #1741 16" x 10 yards - Item #1731 24" x 10 yards - Item #1732
	Medium-Heavy Weight Cutaway #C-71A Brought in due to customer demand. Similar to our old style CM-22-A! Soft feel for fleece, blankets, or heavy woven fabrics! Excellent for designs with more dense stitching 2.5 oz., 71g/m² 22" x 50 yards - Item #1701 from Dee A in New Glasgow, NS: "I love it!! I stitched out my most difficult pattern...and I must say I have it about 99.5% with the new cutaway...so now I'm sure my designs will really be top notch" For black cutaway see above
	Light-Medium Weight Cutaway #C-62 Soft feel for knitted fabrics! 2.2 oz., 62g/m² NEW SIZE: 15" x 50 yards - Item #461
	NEW arriving August 2010 Heavy Weight Cutaway #C-82HD Brought in due to customer demand. Similar to our C-71A only heavier Soft feel, will replace our C-71A Perfect for dense designs. 82g/m² 12"x 50 yards Item#c82-12" 22"x50 yards item#c82-22"
RinsAway Tearaway T110 Gives added stability without a bulky backing underneath it. Dissolves in warm or cool water with several launderings. 1.5 oz Tearaway 12" x 25 yds - Item #1537
Other Stabilizers brought to you by Marathon Threads Canada
Tearaway non woven, remove by tearing away after use EM-40 - Light weight, 1.4 oz - 40g/m² 22" x 100 yds. - Item #336 NEW SIZE: 12" x 50 yds. - Item #1088 EM-80 - Medium Heavy weight, 2.8 oz - 80g/m² 22" x 50 yds - Item #952 NEW SIZE: 15" x 25 yds - Item #1750 HX90 - Heaviest weight, 3.1 oz - 90g/m²^{Perfect for caps} 22" x 100 yds - Item# 1050			Fusible Non woven, fuses on under side, removes by gently peeling back and cutting away SF-1 - Light weight, 1.7 oz - 50g/m² 22" x 100 yds - Item #335 12" x 25 yds - Item #1635
Embossed Cold Water Soluble Topping Film Recommended for toweling or items with a pile or nap. This product is great to control the pile on terry towels as well as nap on polar fleece or anything else that has pile or nap. Simple to use, just put on the top of of the fabric to control the pile or nap. Stitching perforates the stabilizer making it easy to remove. Any remaining stabilizer is easily torn away or dissolved with water. Light weight, with no stretch in any direction. Not recommended for lace or use as a backing stabilizer. Please note that this product has a crispy feel to it and it is normal for it to perforate as you sew. 10" x 50 yds - Item #1734 10" x 125 yds - Item #1735
Solublon Topping Film Sturdy during stitching but dissolves in water. Strong enough to be used as a backing stabilizer or for making free-standing lace (use multiple layers). Its strength gives improved registration for finishing outline and details. 10" x 125 yds - Item #339