Using Mylar in Machine Embroidery

Nov 9, 2016

By Sweet Pea Machine Embroidery Designs in the hoop, machine embroidery

What is Mylar

Mylar is the trademarked name of a Du Pont product - it is a very strong polyester film that was developed in the 1950s.

It is because of this superior strength, heat resistance, and excellent insulating properties that Mylar became a popular choice for the making of audio and video tape, batteries, and even packing. Today, it is a popular material for crafters too!

Mylar in machine embroidery

This beautiful opalescent film creates a sparkly metallic effect between the stitches .

Our Sweet Pea 'Mylar Christmas Baubles' design has been designed to have deliberately left out spaces between the design stitches to allow the Mylar film to show through.

Most machine embroidery designs are too dense to use Mylar. Normally with machine embroidery you want the rows of stitching to be close enough together so that you cannot see the fabric underneath.

That is why we have made all our Mylar designs with the stitching spaced out to allow the film to shine through. The spaces between the stitching allow the light to reflect off the Mylar behind it and gives the machine embroidery a stunning sparkly effect.

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What colour Mylar is best?

We used "Opal Iridescent" in our Christmas bauble design.

We chose this because it is almost transparent and it lets you see the background fabric through it giving the machine embroidery more dimension. The colour of the thread that is used in the machine embroidery is also reflected in the Mylar.

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'Mylar Christmas Baubles' design

The baubles are completely finished in the hoop in one hooping and there are three different designs included in the project. You will need to purchase Mylar separately for this project.

As a variation you can just embroider the underlay of the back ground for a completely different look.

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