Sewing with metallic thread

As a birthday gift for someone very close to my heart, I decorated a colorful peacock cushion with metallic thread. This time, the peacock's body is made from Farbenmix's Milan fabric. It is no longer being produced (which is a shame). Sometimes you can still find remnants in online shops. The fabric is suitable for both the inside and outside, makes interfacing in bags unnecessary, and is also very easy to sew. It came in pink, turquoise, and a stunning purple. You have to keep something like that on your radar, don't you? ;o) The fabric for the feathers consists of all sorts of mini-remnants: Ikea, Tedox, Michael Miller, wonderfully jungle-like Bali by Hoffmann Fabrics, classic Westfalenstoffe - organized chaos, you could say.

Product Test: Sewing with Metallic Thread

This time I stitched the feathers with Madeira metallic thread and decorative stitching. Unfortunately, my first sewing attempt with this thread was disastrous: I couldn't look fast enough before the thread regularly snapped. I was about to throw the thread in the bin when my favorite fabric dealer came across the solution in the form of special needles. There are actually special metallic needles for metallic thread from Madeira. Picked up. Tested. What can I say? Zero thread breaks. Beautiful stitch pattern (I also equipped the bobbin with metallic thread). And a real highlight on the peacock feathers. My recommendation: it's worth trying.

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