Choosing right fusing for your garment is very important. Bad fusing can ruin the entire garment, and good fusing will not only enhance the look, but will also add stability to the fabric. There are many types of fusings on the market, but not all of them are suitable. I strongly advice choosing good fusings as it doesn't pay to use the cheap ones. Look for the ones that are woven or knitted and discard the ones that are not. Non woven fusings are less stable - the loose fibres tend to disintegrate when worn and washed, and the glue doesn't hold well. The other important is the weight and weave of fusing. We have fine, medium weight, and heavy fusings. There are stretchy ones and non-stretch. You would use fine fusings when just very delicate stabilisation is needed. These fusing are nearly as fine as spider web. You would use it with silks, fine cotton, fine wool, crepe de chine, fine polyester blends, etc.
Recomeded fine fusings
Medium weight fusings are general use ones.
Recommended medium weight fusings
Heavy fusings are usually made of cotton, with no stretch in them. They come in various stiffness. They are used mainly for waistbands, corsets and other structured elements of garments.
Cotton fusings
Tailoring fusings have “wooly” touch. They are very soft but thy also have a thick body.
Recommended tailoring fusings
And finally depending on stretchiness of the main fabric you select you fuse to be stretchy or non-stretch. You would usually use stretchy fusings for stretchy fabrics, but you can also use stretchy fusing for non-stretch fabrics. And if you want your stretchy fabric become non-stretch, you apply non-stretch fusing