You’re never too old or too young to celebrate a special birthday! Recently, Stephanie Sanders, my loyal employee of 14 years, approached me with a request to stitch a shirt for her daughter’s upcoming 2nd birthday.
We discussed options and thought it would be fun to stitch an applique crown and a number 2. Since little girls love sparkles we knew the applique fabric would have to be something glittery and fun.
This was the perfect opportunity to use Glitter Sheets from BFC-Stash. The sheets are available as sets and individual sheets in countless colors. Instructions are included with the Embroidery Glitter for steps on how to use and care for the product.
I used embroidery software to create the embroidery design. If you missed the Software Saturday lesson on the blog click here.
I could have placed an entire square of the Glitter Sheet on the applique then trimmed it away once the tack down stitch was complete. But this was a great opportunity to use the Brother™ ScanNCut to create pre-cut applique shapes. So I sent the applique artwork files from Perfect Embroidery Pro to my Brother Scan N Cut. I loaded a gold glitter sheet, pressed the button and Voila! A gold crown, perfectly cut! 
I was so excited I quickly picked up a pink glitter sheet and repeated the steps for the digit. Gee, that stuff is addictive! 
Once the design was created I fused Sulky Soft ‘n Sheer™ Extra cut-away stabilizer to the wrong side of the t-shirt. Then I hooped the t-shirt in Snap Hoop Monster.
When it was time to stitch the design I placed the pre-cut Glitter sheets on the placement stitching. The sheets were tacked down then finished with the satin stitching. The final step is to use a Teflon pressing cloth to iron the embroidery using the linen heat setting. (330-365 degrees). Complete care instructions are included with the Glitter Sheets.
The Glitter Sheets are light-weight and move with the garment. Perfect for a little one that is always on the move!
The final step was to finish the back of the garment with Sulky Tender™ Touch. This added step makes the shirt more comfortable for little ones to wear by covering the bobbin stitches.
Now the little princess is ready for her party!
If you’ve missed out on this month’s Designs Plus Newsletter, be sure to stop by for a visit. Sulky is offering 3 free embroidery designs and a limited time special offer on their products.
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65 COMMENTS
Donna Fecteau
11 years agoI have never used the glitter sheets. But I love the design you made and since there is a 4 year old princess in my life, I think I may have to make a similar shirt for her upcoming birthday. Her favorite color is purple.
Donna Fecteau
11 years agoP.S. I love my scan and cut!
Joy Lynn
11 years agoMy friend, daughter and granddaughter pulled this project off perfectly! Thanks for sharing my family with your DIME family. 🙂
Colleen Bell
11 years agoThat project is just the cutest! and of course, so is the princess! Oh, thank you so much for sharing this project I can see so many possibilities. I am so excited about it. Personally, if we are going to glitter – go all the way, so I am in love with the light gold. But the royal blue and purple sure do pop! I can see my college girls begging for those neon colors. They can’t get enough neon. Thank you so much for the offer.
Pat Mueller
11 years agoI have not used this product but do have some designs it would be great for. Would love to try.
Kathryn
11 years agoI just bought some of the glitter. I am looking for ideas. Thanks for sharing. My favorite color is blue so I bought a couple of different shades.
Lydia
11 years agoI have seen the Glitter Sheets in person. The sheet embroiders very well and makes quite an impression. I purchased the gold and a silver but haven’t had time yet to embroider on a project. You’ve given me inspiration, once again.
Lori
11 years agoI love the red. It reminds me of Dorothy’s shoes on the Wizard of Oz.
Valerie
11 years agoOh. I love this. I love anything green. I want the holographic green sheets.
Casie
11 years agoWondering how the glitter sheets compare to the Floriani Appli-Stitch fabric. Love the look!
Elaine
11 years agoGold is always good …
Elaine
11 years agohttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/231302130838076939/
Belinda Germain
11 years agoPink and blue are my favorites.
Beth Shelton
11 years agoI haven’t heard about either! My head must be in a shell! How expensive are the sheets. Perhaps more info in magazine! :-). Would like to try the sheets and look into the printer.
eileenroche
11 years ago AUTHORHi Beth – just pop over to BFC Stash to see what they have to offer. Copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://www.bfc-stash.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?listcategories=action&parent=GLTR
Lori E
11 years agoHolographic Pink!!!
ibby daugherty
11 years agoLooks so fun. I’d love to try this project.
Kristal
11 years agoToo many pretty colors to choose from, so I would pick the Embroidery Glitter SET from BFC-Stash!!
Susan Novak
11 years agoActually, this is the first I’ve heard of Glitter Sheets. Would love to try them.
Dina Salsber
11 years agoI’m going to have to start adding this to my embroidery options! Love the glitter. I have yet to get a scan and cut, but think it would be a fun addition to my quilting/embroidery projects.
Thanks for the inspirations…
Lawana
11 years agopurple
Frances Powell
11 years agoBlue, after all it is my favorite color!!
Beth R
11 years agoI like the rainbow silver white – very versatile!
Karen Poole
11 years agoI’ve only used the gold but all of the colors are great!! There are so many things you can do with them and if I had a scan and cut, I’d be using appliqué on so much more!! Even my dogs bed. It’s one of my dream gifts that I’m hinting for.
Sandy D
11 years agoI have not used any yet, but I love the red one.
Ellen
11 years agoI think the iridescent would be great to use. But I can think of uses for all the colors.
sue cleek
11 years agoPurple of course!
Mary S
11 years agoBlue is my choice, but didn’t know about the glitter sheets.
Becky3580
11 years agoI like the black glitter. It can be very subtle or bold depending on what color it is used for the background.
Gail Beam
11 years agoI have not used the glitter sheets, but love the glitz on my own clothes and know that my granddaughter is into purple and gold. She participates in several high school sports and since those are her high school colors too, I would love to do something for her on a sweatshirt in those colors using the glitter sheets.
Nellie
11 years agoI’ve never heard of these glitter sheets, but am intrigued. As a Grammy, I’m always looking for new ways to one-up Mommy! When I upgraded my sewing/embroidery machine, Mommy got the old one. Now we sew “together”! Off to check out the glitter sheets…
Shirley Clark
11 years agoI loved the hot pink, but they are all pretty according to my granddaughter!
Lynn
11 years agoI haven’t tried the Glitter sheets. I have a granddaughter who loves hot pink.
JudiC
11 years agoI have never used glitter sheets but if I did silver would be my 1st color choice.
Linda lee
11 years agoI made a shirt using green glitter with the saying irish blessings for st. Pat’s day and LOVE that color
Betty Burkart
11 years agoThis is the first I’ve heard of this. Love all the colors and options though. Interesting.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Linda Epting
11 years agoI think the colors are beautiful, but I have not tried this yet
Joyce W
11 years agoI have not used this product but would like to try it. These sheets could be used in so many ways.
Robin Sankbeil
11 years agoOh me oh my oh! Glitter Glitter is fun! Turn on your creative juices and lets set the world to gleam and shine! I’ve only used floriani applistitch, but will have to check out the supplier you suggested.
Nancy Weber
11 years agoI love the green. It was really stunning on a St. Patty’s Day shirt. Glitter Sheets are a wonderful invention.
Barbara Rebman
11 years agoThis is the first I have heard about Glitter Sheets. I would love to try Purple to applique a floral design
Donna G.
11 years agoWhat a cool product! I especially love the red!
teresa stagliano
11 years agohow did u sew satin stitch around letters. free hand machine?
Karen W
11 years agoThe embroidery design lays down the placement outline, then stitches it down & outlines it with the satin stitch that has been digitized not to tear away.
Chris
11 years agoi had never heard of glitter sheets . I just went to the website. The colors are beautiful. I think I would start with the gold.
Barbara Cummings
11 years agoI just got my Scan N Cut!!! I’ve been practicing on some designs…I am ready to try the glitter sheets !! My Molly would love to have a design with glitter.
judy
11 years agoI haven’t used this product yet, but blue is my favorite. I have a Scan N Cut and love it.
Phyllis Hiles
11 years agoI used glitter sheets on some kitchen towels at Christmas in red. I found a really pretty poinsettia applique. I kept reordering red. I used it for Valentines day aslo.
Tina Stewart
11 years agoAnything with glitter is a good thing!
Glenda
11 years agoIf you press the design at the Linen setting, is there a chance it will melt the polyester satin stitching?
Nancy
11 years agoI love the glitter sheets from BFC-Stash. I haven’t tried cutting them with my Cricut so thank you for the idea!! I will be doing that!
Of course I love all the colors but white is my go-to color. Simply elegant!
Nancy
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Karen
11 years agoI have not seen this before. Love it will have to check it out. Anything pink would be great,but I am sure I will like all the colors.
Karen
11 years agoI’ve never tried the glitter sheets, but I love it and need to try it. Thanks
Susanj
11 years agoI haven’t tried them. On the last now 😉
Susanj
11 years agoList not “last” 🙁
Sharon R
11 years agoI haven’t used these yet, but I might have to pick up a set of the opaque colors or holographic colors to test out on some gifts I’m planning for my 7 year-old granddaughter princess.
F Misura
11 years agois there a way to make letters fatter(other than bold type)to embroider monograms ??
debe
11 years agoI have seen these but haven’t tried them. I think the silver & blue are my favorites, but I now have a 2 month old granddaughter so it would be fun, fun to try it for something girly.
Beckie
11 years agoLooks like a great product! I would love to make my little princess (and prince) a birthday t=shirt! Thanks for introducing the product to me and for the clear instructions on how to use it!
Saundra Romanus
11 years agoI have never used glitter sheets and are certainly going to order some. I have a 3-year old Granddaughter who loves everything that sparkles! Going to order some right now. I have been doing more applique than solid embroidery designs, especially on knits.
JD
11 years agoThanks for the link to this website. Love the glitter ideas for embroidery. Can’t pick just one color of course.
Eileen Ryan
11 years agoI have never seen these Glitter Sheets before. Live in a remote
area with little access to the New & Fabulous. Sites like this are
my “education”. Thanks
kathy
11 years agoI love the gold glitter! So sparkly and rich looking
Joan Shriver
11 years agoI like the “opal” color you show, but couldn’t find it on their web site. I think this looks like fun. We all need more glitter in our lives!
Bruce
9 years agoThe result is very clean and very cute! I really like it.
Bruce, https://www.printavo.com