Select thread embroidery

Choosing the right thread for each embroidery work is important, because the color and texture of design, and finally the appearance of the final product used depending on the material and type of the thread. There are to choose a variety of embroidery thread, so take time to decide what type or combination the best for the design should be that you have in mind. More importantly, must be based on wire selections Sewability, seam performance and appearance, availability, and cost.

Types: 1. area: this type of wire has a great shine, and so the best looking embroidery designs with him are sewn. Rayon threads can range of combinations of two or more colours twisted together form a single strand to a solid bundle. They are widely available in the rule in standard 40 pm and 30 g rayon is the most popular type, it is not very robust due to its thinness.

2. Polyester: Polyester thread is more durable than rayon, but it is not as attractive. However, this type of embroidery thread hardly shrinks or disappears, and when in combination with rayon, the effect that they offer almost indistinguishable. It is also cheaper than rayon thread.

3. Cotton: Cotton wire provides a wide range of voltage adjustments due to the its texture. It has an attractive Sheen, is pretty solid (although finer threads over 50 pm are not), and the most used for the machine embroidery.

4. Silk: silk thread embroidery hardly breaks and has its own unique and probably the best shine. Threads are available in various sizes, but their availability is low, so that they can be used generally for luxury fabrics.

5. metallic thread: this kind of thread has wrapped a core with a slide that can be coated with silver alloy and color is added to this film with a polyester film that can be applied also as a primer. Metal wire is the most sustainable available on the market.

6. Mylar thread: Plies film are combined to form a layer into slices cut, Mylar thread create. You are long-lasting, but sew under quick can break. Holographic hue that takes and light or color of the other surrounding objects is a unique color function. This improves that really the color and design of the embroidery.

7. Special effect: as the name implies, this type of thread can to various design effects, as used e.g. Crewel effect. Some of the wires of special effects change color under sunlight, or can glow in the dark.

Quality assessment: 1. tensile strength: tensile strength of an embroidery thread can back and forth be tested from a suspended Beach, another Beach, until the first Beach breaks divide asunder. The faster it breaks, the strength and the quality of this particular thread type is the lower.

2. Stretch: a good thread has the appropriate amount of stretch. Take a piece of thread and extends to the breaks. Beach must break extension too fast nor too long.

3. Sheen: the glamour and the quality of the Glans can be tested by the study of colour and the design of the final product an embroidery.