How does the StitchTuft process work?
Compared to traditional embroidery, StitchTuft is not prepared on the visible face of the fabric but on its backside, i.e. the embroidery material must be placed on the TuftMaster with the future visible side pointing to the bottom. The embroidery head, as usual, moves the yarn through the fabric by means of the needle. But the loop which – like in normal embroidery – develops on the backside, is not connected with the lower thread but cut by means of a cutter. In this way, two small pins or hairs develop by each cut. These hairs are later sheared to equal lengths. A layer of puffy-like foam material is however placed under the embroidery material for the temporary fixing of the threads.
