When thread sketching and thread painting are your ‘thing’, working with quality fabric is important.
With so many fabulous fabrics available, it’s easy to be seduced by all the gorgeous designs. But often, plain colours offer the best base for your thread sketching.
Browse this collection of quilting fabric, stabilizers, batting, fusible web so that you always have something new waiting for that perfect moment to use it!
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Recommended Reading
- The best fabric for thread sketching and free machine embroidery
- It’s what’s underneath that matters: Preparing your fabric for thread sketching
- Complete Guide to Stabilising [the book]
Recommded Fabric, Stabilizers, and Batting List
Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton PFD Bleach White Fabric By The Yard
PFD (or Prepared for Dyeing) fabric is my go-to fabric as the base for my thread sketching and thread painting. And it has the added bonus that, being prepared for dyeing, you can also print on it, or use textile paints.
Warm and Natural Cotton Batting – 72″ x 90″
Perfect for any type of quilting. There’s no need to pre-wash this batting, and it’s fully machine washable after use.
Tear Away Embroidery Stabilizer for Machine Embroidery
Perfect for those occasions when you want to remove your stabilizer from the back of your work after stitching.
Pellon 931TD Mid-weight Fusible Mid-weight Stabilizer 20” x 25 yd Bolt, White
Pelloon stabilizers offer great quality and a wide range of weights. This mid-weight, fusible stabilizer is perfect for thread painting when you want a firm (but not stiff) underlay.
Pellon Extra Heavy Weight Stabilizer
Use this heavy weight stabilizer for your thread painting projects, and avoid the unsightly problem of puckering.
Pellon Wonder Under Fusible Web
Every thread sketcher needs a good supply of fusible web. Wonder Under is a tried-and-tested, reliable, and popular choice for thousands of textile artists.
Mistyfuse Misty Fuse Sheer Fusible Webbing – 10 yards, white
If you’re after an extra-fine fusible web that is not paper-backed, then I highly recommend the Mistyfuse range. This fusible adds no bulk to your work and is perfect for use in a wide range of art quilting and fibre art projects.