Why use this firm sew in horsehair cloth?

The combination of goat hair and horse hair creates a firm horsehair canvas that retains it's shape when wearing.
The width is 80 cm, enough to cut out a whole panel at once
 

Advantages of firm sew in horsehair cloth plastron interfacing

• very resilient
• suitable for heavy fabrics
• made from prodominantly natural raw materials

Horsehair canvas is not Vilene

Interfacing plastron horsehair canvas interfacing is not by the brand Vilene, Freudenberg Vilene is specialised in vilene for consumers who iron on with a household iron. Horsehair is a true tailor's product and therefore not a Vilene, but an interfacing horsehair This canvas is recognizable by the green/orange stripe on one side of the interfacing

Composition firm sew in horsehair cloth plastron interfacing

This canvas is prodominantly made from natural raw materials, only 7% synthetic fibers
34% rayon, 27% goat haar, 19% cotton, 13% horsehair, 7% synthetic fibers

The rayon supplies the suppleness, the goat and horse hair ensure the resilience and the synthetic fibers make the cloth stronger