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Embroidery backing provides the foundation for quality modern embroidery. Without it, embroidery has no stability or structure, and the design falls apart. H&V Stitchbackers™ delivers more than 15 different backing grades specifically designed for high speed machines to produce quality embroidery.
- H&V’s nonwoven backings are designed for the job. Cheap substitutes, such as butcher paper and coffee filter, can damage your machinery, reduce needle life by as much as 50%, and produce a poor quality finished product.
- By choosing the right backing most designs can be produced using only one sheet, improving throughput and lowering your production cost.
- StitchBackers are sold only through converter/distributors selected to help you choose the correct backing for your design.
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Applications
Today’s computer-generated embroidery designs provide an upscale look that is unmatched by any other garment decorating process. H&V manufactures backing for virtually every embroidery application. Our products include cutaway, tearaway/washaway, puff, fusible, and flame-retardant backings.
Embroidering a cap requires a far different backing than producing a quality design on a cotton parquet fabric. These wet-laid nonwoven backings are made specifically to produce high-quality embroidery:
- Stable in both MD and CD to support center-cut designs with very high stitch counts.
- Developed to use only one layer—saving time and money.
- Produced using natural and synthetic fibers to remain durable even after many laundering cycles.
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Resources
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Technical Data
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Embroidery Backing Products
Grade Basis Weight
(oz/yd2)Basis Weight
(g/m2)Thickness
(inches)Thickness
(mm)Description 3020 1.5 51 0.008 0.20 Tearaway/Washaway 1720LF 1.5 51 0.008 0.20 Tearaway/Washaway 2020LF 2.0 68 0.010 0.25 Tearaway/Washaway 1525 – BLF 1.5 51 0.007 0.18 Tearaway 1885LF 1.8 61 0.009 0.23 Tearaway 2520LF 2.5 85 0.010 0.25 Tearaway 8820 2.0 68 0.010 0.25 Cutaway 8825 2.5 85 0.011 0.28 Cutaway 8835 3.5 119 0.014 0.36 Cutaway 9915 1.5 51 0.007 0.18 Cutaway 9920 2.0 68 0.010 0.25 Cutaway 9925 2.5 85 0.012 0.30 Cutaway 9925 – B 2.5 85 0.012 0.30 Cutaway 9930 3.0 102 0.014 0.36 Cutaway 8-69 2.2 75 0.003 0.08 FR – Cutaway 6315LF 1.6 54 0.015 0.38 Childrenswear – Cutaway