Double Sided Tape For Textiles And Fabrics

What You'll Learn

Upholstery

Pattern Placement And Cutting

Printing And Embroidery

Quick Positioning And Non-Slip Feeding

Prototypes And Samples

Interior Design

Tailoring And Alterations

Temporary Fabric Repairs

Art Projects

Quilting And Patchwork

Choosing The Right Double Sided Tape

ECHOtape Double Sided Tapes

About ECHOtape

Double sided tape can be the easy solution when you’re working with fabrics and textiles! You can make temporary or permanent attachments, without the need for needles, thread, or glue.

Below are some of the common ways to use double sided tape on fabrics and textiles.

Upholstery

Double sided tape can be used to hold fabric in place while cutting, aligning, stitching, or fastening upholstery. Before final fastening, double sided tape can help position decorative trims, attach batting layers, and stabilize seams. Double sided tape is also great for repairing upholstery or reattaching loose fabric on cushions or furniture.

Pattern Placement And Cutting

When cutting fabrics and textiles, double sided can temporarily secure the material to patterns, templates, or dies. This prevents slippage and helps ensure more accurate cutting.

Printing And Embroidery

Double sided tape can help stabilize lightweight or stretchy fabrics when you feed them into a printing or embroidery machine. This helps ensure that the designs are applied cleanly, without distortion.

Quick Positioning And Non-Slip Feeding

In textile manufacturing, double sided tape can enhance the automation process. You can use the tape to quickly position fabric components and to help secure textiles on conveyor belts or rollers – which helps prevent misalignment during production.

Prototypes And Samples

Double sided tape is commonly used – across a variety of industries – to create samples and prototypes. You can quickly and inexpensively test different configurations, material integrations, and layer combinations, without sewing or gluing.

Interior Design

Double sided tape can be used on a variety of interior design projects, including attaching fabric trims to curtains, lampshades, and furniture. You can also use a heavy duty, double sided tape to permanently install decorative elements, fabric panels, textile art, and more.

Tailoring And Alterations

Double sided tape can provide a quick, temporary fix for hemming pants, skirts, and dresses. You just apply double sided tape along the edge of your fabric and fold it up to create a seamless hem that doesn’t require any sewing. You can also use double sided tape to help pin fabrics together before sewing. The tape can help ensure that your alignment stays intact as you sew pieces together.

Temporary Fabric Repairs

Double sided tape comes in handy for temporary fabric repairs. You can mend fabric with double sided tape, which should hold until you have a chance to permanently sew the fabric.

Art Projects

On art projects that involve fabrics or textiles, you can use double sided tape to attach fabrics and textiles to themselves or other surfaces. No need for sewing or fabric glue! Double sided tape provides not only a clean bond, but also a finished look.

Quilting And Patchwork

Double sided tape makes quilting and patchwork easier! You can use the tape to hold fabric pieces in place before stitching them. This is particularly helpful when you’re working on intricate designs that require precise alignment.

Choosing The Right Double Sided Tape

When you’re working with fabrics and textiles, it’s important that you choose the right type of double sided tape. Some tapes might not adhere well to textiles, while others could leave adhesive residue or damage delicate materials.

For heavier fabrics (such as denim or canvas), you’ll need to use a double sided tape with a stronger adhesive. With delicate fabrics (such as silk or chiffon), you’ll want to choose a lightweight, fabric-safe option.

ECHOtape Double Sided Tapes

At ECHOtape, we have an extensive selection of double sided tapes that can be used with fabrics and textiles, including:

DC-T274A (general purpose double sided tape for lightweight bonding and mounting)
DC-KO48A (double sided tape for temporary hold)
DC-M012P and DC-U101A (double sided tapes for permanent bonding and mounting)
UB-F3504 and UB-F3557 (heavy duty double sided acrylic foam tapes)
DC-U032A (aggressive double sided tape for permanent bonding and mounting)
DC-M158A (double sided polyester tape)

About ECHOtape

We’re always happy to answer any questions you might have about our products and their applications! We’re experts in tape, and for more than 50 years, we’ve been providing high-performance, specialty adhesive tapes to our customers. We want to make sure that you get the right tape for your application, and we’ll gladly make recommendations.

You can call us at (800) 461-8273, e-mail us at info@echotape.com, or send us a message.