Decoration of sheet materials

Abstract

The invention relates to decorations for application to sheet materials and comprises a decorative article, a layer of heat activated adhesive applied to a first surface of the article and a carrier sheet adhering to a second surface of the article which carrier sheet is heat stable at the temperature of activation of said adhesive whereby on positioning of the article with its adhesive surface juxtaposed the sheet material the application of heat and pressure activates the adhesive to produce bonding of the article to the sheet material per se. The invention is particularly concerned with the use of an embroidery pattern which is formed on a thermally decomposable sheet substrate by use of an embroidery pattern of thermoplastic threads on one side thereof and non-thermoplastic or high melting thermoplastic embroidery threads on the other thereof so that on the application of heat and pressure the substrate degrades and the thermoplastic threads are rendered tacky to merge with the sheet material to which the decoration is to be applied, the degradable substrate being removed with the carrier sheet after application.

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