Fusible stitchable foam
I’ve seen several clips online of people using fusible foam to make cute sewn hats, so I wanted to get some and try it out to see how it would hold up for stage millinery. This material is primarily marketed to bag makers as a structural interfacing, and is available online primarily from specialty quilt shops. I bought a yard of the single-sided type to conduct some efficacy tests, with the idea that I would share it with my fall millinery students if I like how it works. It is sold in both single- and double-sided; the single-sided is already fused on one side to a tricot knit, kind of like headliner foam. I made a couple of stitching samples, one with a flat fell seam, and one with the seam topstitched open. Then I laundered them to see how the fusible bond would stand up to washing, and whether the stitched foam would rip because it’s perforated by the sewing needle or maintain structural integrity. here you can see the fused fabric peeling away from the fo...
