Firm sewable horsehair plastron cloth shorn for sewing in (pad stitching)

Woven and shorn (and produced in the Netherlands) sewable resilliant horsehair canvas interfacing suitable for plastrons: insides of coats en jackets
Pad stitching is a tailor's technique to create form and solidity to coats, it's like a skeleton for a coat
Pieces of clothing with an inside of horsehair like tailored suits, coats en jackets have a long lifespan what makes them a more sustainable choice. Combine this shorn horsehair interfacing with a good quality woollen fabric then you can wear it for a long time! 

Why is firm sewable horsehair shorn?

Because the hair in this horsehair is firm there are some hair ends that stick our of the cloth. The cloth is shorn to remove these hairs to improve comfort. The width of the horsehair cloth is 80 cm

 Advantages of firm sewable shorn horsehair interfacing

• washable
• very resilliant
• suited for heavier fabrics
• prodominantly natural raw materials

Horsehair is not Vilene

Interfacing horsehair is not by het brand Vilene, Freudenberg Vilene is specialized in interfacing for consumeter that can be ironed on with a household iron. Horsehair is a tailor's article and therefore not Vilene, but an interfacing

Composition of woven shorn horsehair interfacing cloth

It's made from prodominantly natural raw materials
40% rayon - 32% hair - 28% polyester

The rayon gives it flexibillity, het hair makes it resilliant and the polyester gives firmness

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This product is produced in the Netherlands, see the page Sustainability for more information