This shiny Chinese-style blade thread is perfect for adding a metallic, luminous touch to your embroidery.
Blade thread is a flat, shiny ribbon used in embroidery to create luminous and metallic effects on fabrics. It can be incorporated into designs just like regular thread, highlighting patterns, outlining shapes, or adding texture to an embroidered surface.
This “Au Chinois” lame thread comes in the form of a flat ribbon 3 mm wide, which is flexible and easy to work with using a needle. Its smooth, shiny surface gives it a pronounced metallic sheen. The midnight blue shade offers a deep, intense darkness, with highlights reminiscent of a deep navy blue verging on black. This type of thread is best worked with a large-eyed embroidery needle, using short stitches to prevent the ribbon from fraying or twisting.
What can you do with this blue ribbon thread?
In DIY embroidery, this ribbon thread can be used to fill in geometric patterns, outline contours, or create light effects on solid-colored fabric or velvet. It pairs well with embroidery floss or cannetille to create mixed-media embroidery. To take it further, you can explore trendy DIY embroidery ideas for inspiration and find projects suited to different skill levels.
Whether you’re new to embroidery or already have some experience, it can be helpful to review the basics or learn new techniques. Technical guides on embroidery stitches are available to walk you through the process step by step, such as this guide to different hand-embroidery stitches, which is helpful for choosing the stitch best suited to your project.
Details:
Composition: 100% polyester
Thread width: 3 mm
Sold in 30-meter spools.
