This magnificent set of mermaids has been created for best use with iridiscent embroidery film.  It gives the beauty and sparkle of a metallic thread without all the hassles or expense! Metallic thread can be expensive, troublesome and itchy. Iridiscent embroidery film makes your regular embroidery thread look like you used a specialty thread such as metallic.  It gives it a subtle, elegant sparkle. Any item that uses iridiscent embroidery film CAN be washed in a washer, dried in a dryer and ironed. They do not lose their sparkle.
It is recommended that you do NOT resize these designs.  They are digitized specifically to allow the film to show through.  You can however stitch these designs without using the iridiscent embroidery film, and have the designs show as a shaded area.