If you’re serious about your sewing then you’re probably serious about your interlining. It is after all what makes a sewing project look and feel well made. It doesn’t have to be a store bought interlining other fabrics can do the job just as well… something like a calico perhaps.
However, if you’re sewing from a proprietary sewing pattern it’s likely that it specifies a Vilene if you’re in Europe or parts of Australia or Pellon if you’re not. Those by the way are both manufacturers trade name and not products as such. Those names stand behind huge ranges of interlinings, waddings and embroidery stabilisers. So, what do you do if you’ve bought a pattern specifying a Pellon brand and you can’t get it unless you wait three weeks, spend a small fortune and keep your fingers crossed that the Customs man doesn’t take a shine to it. Well, you can try a Vilene interlining in its stead. This is where this little PDF comes in.
Its a free download on the shop that shares what I’ve found out about interlinings and their equivalents over the last few years and I hope you find it useful.
