Bees wax-Does anyone use it
#106
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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I must be the Grinch here. I don't like bees wax. I think it makes the thread gummy and the thread grabs and is more difficult to pull through the fabric. What I do instead is take a little piece of a fabric softener sheet and drag the thread through that. Makes the thread go through the fabric slick as a whistle!. Just don't put the needle through the fabric softener sheet, it will be so slick you can't hold on to it.
#108
I take my Thread Heaven out of the blue box and use it like that. It lasts longer and works better. I love the bees wax better it makes the thread smoother.
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Originally Posted by Steady Stiching
I have thread heaven but have trouble running the thread through the little blue box. I prefer beeswax.
One thing that helps if you have trouble......the proper way to thread a needle is to always thread the beginning of the thread...the cut end should always be the knot end. This is the way thread is twisted for proper sewing.
(I hope this is clear to you as it is to me : )
One thing that helps if you have trouble......the proper way to thread a needle is to always thread the beginning of the thread...the cut end should always be the knot end. This is the way thread is twisted for proper sewing.
(I hope this is clear to you as it is to me : )
#109
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Huntsville, AL
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Originally Posted by Quilt-Till-U-Wilt
I never used this but found some on sale. Can't believe how much easier it is to thread a needle for hand quilting. The thread has more body and doesn't seperate when threading your needle. How diid I do without it all this time. No one ever told me I needed it but I would't be without it again.
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