Reflective Embroidery Thread - Polyester with Reflective Fiber - 200m (51 Colors) for Safe Night Craft

These reflective embroidery threads would be very useful in adding details to the arms (or front or back) of something you will be wearing out at dusk, so that you are more visible to cars. The threads are colorful even with the stripe of reflective thread, and they could be used in regular embroidery as well. In my photo, I show a needlepoint project with three strands of regular dark blue needlepoint floss in one area, and two strands of this reflective blue embroidery thread next to it. If you like the look of heathered cotton, you will probably like this thread. I especially like that can be used for a particular purpose (a reflective design) but also it can be used with regular projects as well. I only used it for hand stitching, not for machine embroidery. This set would be a good gift for any one who likes textile arts.

Bulingbuling Reflective Embroidery Thread, 12 Colors Embroidery Machine Thread kit, 300M

This is a strong thread with a reflective silver strand.
It will work nicely for embroidery patches where you want some reflexion or for simple straight or zigzag seams on items where a little reflexion would be nice, such as jogging, biking, hunting or camping clothing or bags.

There are enough colors to choose from that it will suit many purposes.

Thank you for reading my review and looking at my photos of this product. I hope you found it helpful!

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The threads are thicker than regular embroidery thread that comes in a skein. They have a wax coating so it doesn’t have a shine like normal embroidery thread and the colors are not vibrant and bright. It is great for machine embroidery and for outlining a design.
It’s not great for small, detailed embroidery and hand embroidery is a bit more difficult because the thread doesn’t lay evenly like traditional embroidery thread (but that is not how these threads are intended to be used but just an observation).

Other brands are a lot more expensive than this. It is highly reflective and stitched well. Great for uniforms or anything that you'd like to make flashy.

Bulingbuling Reflective Embroidery Thread, 12 Colors Embroidery Machine Thread kit, 200M(219Y) Each Spool, Polyester Embroidery Thread for Embroidery, Quilting and Sewing

many of the colors look the same but I like that they are reflective. the thread is thin so you have to be gentle with it

I think this embroidery thread is attractive, smooth and easy to use. It is a multi-ply thread. A colored strand is twisted with the reflective strands, which creates almost a heathered look in regular light. The first 2 pictures were taken with a flash and you can really see the bright, white reflective thread. The third picture is natural light and the reflective thread looks gray. The strands will eventually separate with handling, but I didn't find it to be a problem. If you make a fresh cut, it is easy to thread though your needle. I don't have an embroidery machine so I will be using this for hand projects and with my regular sewing machine. I really like all the colors and the reflective effect. I am going to try it on some embroidered jewelry and see what happens.

Love this stuff. It's truly reflective! The colo s are sort of heathered- grayish in daylight, and true to product pictures. I mostly do hand embroidery -- the thread us a bit more challenging than cotton thread or embroidery floss, but not impossible. It tended to develop twists and broke more easily than cotton sewing thread (no surprise there) but was comparable to embroidery floss ITO strength. It's just a matter of learning the quirks of a new material. Highly recommend if you want to use your creativity to add reflective touches to your clothes.

I got this hoping that it would be good for beading. I can't be surprised that it isn't. Beading is demanding for thread. However, it's very pretty, and I can use it when I get back into cross stitching. The reflective part of the thread looks great, and I'm sure I can do some very fun things with it! I've enjoyed using glow-in-the-dark thread in the past, and while it's not very smooth and a bit of a pain to use, the end result is worth it. I expect the same of this thread, based on how it did with my bead weaving.

I haven't used the thread in a design yet but I have examined it and found it to be very pretty and a decent quantity for the money. Since it's reflective thread I'll likely use it in combination with a non reflective thread so that the effect is more subtle but it can definitely be used as is. Overall, I'm very pleased.

This is a nice sampling of the reflective thread if you are on the fence about purchasing this type of embroidery thread. 12 colors in the set and enough to complete a small embroidery project. Wife says the thread handles well and it was consistent with no breakages while sewing out, so the quality appears to be quite good. Would recommend.

I've been embroidering for 15 or so years now, and this thread was a bit of a learning curve. ANY specialty thread is going to be a learning curve. Period. After playing around for the first 20 minutes of embroidery, this is what I learned:
Use a #12 needle, nothing smaller.
Loosen your tension slightly.
Slow your machine speed to somewhere between 400-450 rpm.
Monitor your thread to make sure it's spooling evenly and not catching on anything.
*I have a compact industrial embroidery machine, so take these tips with that in mind.
**this purchased file is 24,500 stitches and took nearly 2 hours under these conditions

The finished effect is pretty amazing, though not exactly what is pictured in the product description (image 4 of embroidered design). To be fair, this design isn't a solid fill. Slowing down the machine did not eliminate thread breaks, but it did drastically reduce them. The description also states the spools are 300M, but the individual spools read 200M. I'm not going to unwind the spool to verify the length, but I can track it based on how much thread my design software says the file uses. The current sale price plus added coupon brings these down to $3.56/spool, which is a decent price, for specialty thread in particular. I look forward to the possibilities this brings to future projects.

This is a beautiful set of reflective embroidery thread, and is high quality with very little breakage. I hadn't ever used reflective thread before, and wasn't sure what to expect. The threads are beautiful colors, and for all intents and purposed look like regular high quality embroidery thread. When you shine a light on them in dimmer environments, they really are very reflective. I plan on using them to embellish my son's biking and running gear for safety when he is out later in the evening. They also will look great on Halloween costumes, and really any time you need an item to be highly reflective.

Overall, these embroidery threads earn 5 out of 5 stars, although it is a bit pricey for the amount of thread that you get (300m each spool).

I have been sewing for almost 60 years and am thrilled to find something new for my studio. I have used reflective decorative tape in the past but have never tried reflective thread. Cant wait to see the looks on my granddaughter's faces when I sew them something with this amazing reflective thread. I'm planning on overstitching floral accents on floral fabric. This should look subtle in normal light but magical in reflective light. Might even embroider a secret message!
FIT'S MAGICAL!

I love the beautiful variety of colors of these spools. They are really cool looking with the reflective feature. They are strong, durable threads. Great quality product!

Really soft and beautiful colors. The reflection works great.

Lots of options and beautiful colors for anything we think we need to make!!