5 Best Fabrics for Machine Embroidery

Compared with hand embroidery, although machine embroidery is not as delicate as hand embroidery, machine embroidery is much faster and can be embroidered on a variety of fabrics. The embroidery on clothes and small embroidery on towels that we see in our daily life are all machine embroidery. The content of machine embroidery includes patterns, logos, names, lace decorations and so on. At the same time, machine embroidery can also be used to add lace edges to the fabric. There are five kinds of embroidery fabrics commonly used in machine embroidery.

The 5 Best Fabrics for Machine Embroidery

1. Linen
The linen cloth used for machine embroidery is a cloth made of hemp plant fibers such as hemp, flax, ramie, jute, sisal hemp, and abaca. It is generally used to make casual clothes and work clothes, and is also used to make ordinary summer clothes. The advantages of this machine embroidered linen are extremely high strength, moisture absorption, heat conduction, and good air permeability. Its disadvantage is that it is not very comfortable to wear, and its appearance is rough and dull. Machine-embroidered linen looks even prettier when paired with floral lace.

2. Leather fabric

Leather fabrics suitable for machine embroidery are tanned animal fur fabrics, which are mostly used to make winter clothes. Leather can be divided into two types, one is dehaired leather, and the other is haired fur, which is usually used for embroidery. Its advantages are lightness and warmth, elegance and luxury. Coupled with embroidered lace, the leather jacket is cool and cute. The disadvantage of this machine embroidered leather fabric is that it is expensive and requires high storage and care.

3. Wool
Woolen cloth is a general term for fabrics woven from various types of wool and cashmere. It is usually used to make formal and high-end clothing such as dresses, suits, and coats. The wool fabric after machine embroidery will be more beautiful. Its advantages are anti-wrinkle and wear resistance, soft hand feeling and strong warmth retention. If polyester lace is added to the woolen fabric, the fabric will be more delicate.

4. Cotton
Cotton cloth is a general term for various cotton textiles. Its advantages are easy to keep warm, soft next to the skin, moisture absorption and breathable. Its disadvantage is that it tends to shrink and wrinkle easily, so the fabric needs to be washed and ironed before it can be machine embroidered on cotton. Cotton is more suitable for embroidery lace fabrics.

5. Silk cloth
Silk is a general term for various silk fabrics spun from real silk. It can be used to make all kinds of clothing, especially women's clothing. Therefore, for aesthetic reasons, many clothes made of silk fabrics are embroidered on silk fabrics. Its strengths are thin, soft and beautiful. But it is easy to wrinkle when used in machine embroidery. If paired with floral lace fabrics, silk fabrics will be more refined.

If you want to buy an embroidery machine, before buying, I hope you can consider whether you really need to buy an embroidery machine. If you only want to customize one or two fancy lace embroidery fabrics, and the embroidery area is not very large, it is recommended that you find an embroidery factory for customization. It is not recommended that you buy an embroidery machine, because the price of the embroidery machine is relatively expensive. But if you plan to do a lot of embroidery with lace, a home embroidery machine is a good choice. If you have your own embroidery machine, you are free to embroider your own items. In addition to embroidery thread, there are also beads, ribbons and lace trims suitable for embroidery.