Light Tear Away Stabilizer Kimberbell
Stabilizer is a woven or non-woven material, often hooped behind fabric, that provides support and prevents moving, stretching, and distortion during embroidery. You see, fabric is pulled and pushed every which way during the embroidery process, with fibers continually shifting to make room for the stitches. Without the right stabilizer reinforcing the fabric and creating a solid foundation, your embroidery will have gaps and puckering and all kinds of problems. (And who wants that? NO ONE.)
Tear-Away & Fabric Types
As its name implies, Tear-Away is stabilizer that tears easily and neatly away from embroidered areas. Choose Kimberbell Tear-Away (labeled in shades of red) when stitching on tightly woven, non-stretch fabrics such as:
- Cotton
- Denim
- Vinyl
- Leather
- Felt
- Terry Cloth
- Chambray
- Poplin
- Canvas
- Anything else that’s not stretchy
Tear-Away is wonderful for designs with large, open areas, and trust me–it’s a pain to pick Tear-Away out of tiny, intricate spots! But for larger stitched areas like this where you don’t want stabilizer to be visible, it’s nice to simply tear the excess stabilizer away.
Tear-Away & Designs
Kimberbell Tear-Away comes in a variety of weights:
- Light Tear-Away for lightweight fabrics and designs with a low stitch count (12,000 stitches or less)
- Medium Tear-Away for medium-to-high stitch count designs (approximately 15,000 to 25,000 stitches)
- Heavy Tear-Away for designs with a heavy stitch count (think 25,000 stitches or more)
