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French wire, Bullion Wire and Gimp Wire making & uses in Goldwork Embroidery

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French wire: – These goldwork wires are also called purl wires. You usually have rough purl and bright purl wires. The rough purls are dull wire and the other is shiny wire. Coiling copper wire around a round needle makes these wires and that’s why they are hollow from inside. These wires are very delicate and cut in small pieces to use. That’s why some people say their work is  cutwork embroidery . These wires don’t go inside the fabric. They stay on the top of fabric.  In India and around the world these wires are used for making wedding dresses. Check the below pictures to see the uses of these French wires cut in small pieces and then different designs had been made from them. One other big use of these metallic wires is in making jewelry. Whenever you want to hide your base thread or give excellent finish around these curves around beads or pearl then use this wire as shown in below picture. Bullion Wire: – Also known as  Check purl wires . These are made by coiling ...

Bullion Wire, Gimp Wires & French wires definition and uses in embroidery and jewelry making Online

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  All the above metallic wires are made from copper coiled wires and can be used in  gold work embroidery  & jewelry making according to your preference for your design. French Wires: – Continuous round even surface, glossy and shiny finish. These will be some of the words that will come to your mind when you will see these  hollow metallic goldwork Metallic French wires . Prefect for tambour hand embroidery and for French, you can say luneville embroidery. Due to there making process, these wires come in the length of 10 to 20 inches. Always cut these wires in small pieces (maximum length that can be used, I will say 1centimeter) with the help of sharp scissors and then you can pass the embroidery needle with thread through them to do goldwork embroidery for ornamental designs and couture textile embroidery. Because of their flexibility, these wires are used at the curve position in jewelry making to hide the base thread and to give a professional finish to the ...

Where to buy best quality Metallic French bullion wire for Embroidery, Crafting & Jewelry making at wholesale prices?

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  It’s always good to buy any product directly from the manufacture that owns the production of it and is been in the business for quite some time to understand the complexity of the product. Also, the good customer review from different parts of the world helps to trust the supplier. French bullion wires  are flexible copper wires that are made in different colors by electrolytic process.  The metallic wire for embroidery made with this process has consistency in color, shine and quality. The cheaper version of metallic wire is made from iron and is usually dyed in different colors. These wires are dull in color, shine and has color patches all over them. They can even bleed colors after some time that can ruin the design. At  www.embroiderymaterial.com  we are making these metallic wires from the last 8 years and have supplied to more than 10,000 customers worldwide who had bought it online from our website. The positive reviews on our website and our other on...