Coats threads
03-16-2011, 07:57 PM
#103
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Originally Posted by KathyKat
I used to use them but the recent spools I bought have been terrible with lots of lint and breakage. So I switched to Connecting Threads thread.
03-16-2011, 09:32 PM
#105
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For garment sewing I've used Coats & Clarks for over 50 years with no problems. Not experienced enough with quilts to comment. I sew on Berninas without problems until lately. The current C&C dual duty threads are made in Mexico and are "polyester covered polyester." I first noticed it didn't have the sheen like the cotton covered polyester, and it's stiffer and doesn't look nice on the fabric. Recent problems are that the spool sometimes jumps and the thread will be wrapped around the spool holder, sometimes breaking, and I've had to unthread and turn the spool upside down. I think I want to switch to another brand but I sew for charity and lately the institution I sew for gave me about a dozen spools of C&C so I guess I'm stuck with it for awhile, unless Hancock's would let me exchange it for Gutterman. I have bought vintage thread on eBay but it's getting scarce.
03-17-2011, 05:19 AM
#107
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Originally Posted by cpfrog
I've used Coats and Clark for years as well. For many years, it was all one could buy!
I use the cotton covered poly for regular sewing; the craft and machine type for my machine quilting; and the 100% cotton for hand quilting. There are also diff. thicknesses for top stitching and for buttons. You have to read the label !! Of course now JoAnn's only sells the 100% poly...it's okay too.
There is only one color that I had problems with... and it's the perfect blending color called FAWN - a dull purple-ish, gray-ish, beige-ish...Anyway... it always
frayed esp. when hand sewing my appliques. DARN!!! I loved that color!!!!
I use the cotton covered poly for regular sewing; the craft and machine type for my machine quilting; and the 100% cotton for hand quilting. There are also diff. thicknesses for top stitching and for buttons. You have to read the label !! Of course now JoAnn's only sells the 100% poly...it's okay too.
There is only one color that I had problems with... and it's the perfect blending color called FAWN - a dull purple-ish, gray-ish, beige-ish...Anyway... it always
frayed esp. when hand sewing my appliques. DARN!!! I loved that color!!!!
The thread I recently bought at JoAnn's was 100% cotton, it was labeled with just "Coats" no Clark and was in a separate area from the Dual Duty threads- it was next to Gunterman's I think. Is Coats the same as C&C or is it a different company?
03-17-2011, 07:55 AM
#108
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C&C has many different types of thread. Some are not to be used on a sewing machine. If the store does not have the chart posted what each spool number contains then you don't know what you are buying. The 100% cotton machine quilting thread on the large no show spool is thick thread, not for piecing at all. Hand quilting thread is not to be used on any machine, the glaze will build up on the tension disc. The thread on the small spools are different then the thread on the larger spools. Way to confusing for one thread display rack.
03-17-2011, 08:21 AM
#109
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I have used Coats for years. Now that I have a new machine I am using Superior thread. Boy what a great thread. Coats is very linty, and clogs my machie. It just depends on you and your machine. I think you just need to try it and see if you and your machine like it.
03-17-2011, 08:40 AM
#110
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Originally Posted by islandboundquilting
I have used Coats for years. Now that I have a new machine I am using Superior thread. Boy what a great thread. Coats is very linty, and clogs my machie. It just depends on you and your machine. I think you just need to try it and see if you and your machine like it.
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