Quilting thread broke after quilt was done.
04-14-2014, 09:03 AM
#21
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Old subject, I know. I suspect the problem here is not adjusting the top tension for quilting or perhaps not securing the thread properly.
I've been using Signature thread for quite some time. It's 100% cotton quilting thread and works well. It's strength is amazing on high speed multidirectional sewing machines, so it's definitely not weak. And I abuse my quilts, so it's not a matter of treating them with Kidd gloves.
It is possible that you got a bad spool of thread (can happen with any of them). Maybe the quilt shop is carrying old thread...who knows.
I've been using Signature thread for quite some time. It's 100% cotton quilting thread and works well. It's strength is amazing on high speed multidirectional sewing machines, so it's definitely not weak. And I abuse my quilts, so it's not a matter of treating them with Kidd gloves.
It is possible that you got a bad spool of thread (can happen with any of them). Maybe the quilt shop is carrying old thread...who knows.
06-23-2014, 02:14 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by QuiltingVagabond
The diagonal stitching may have broken due to the stretch of the bias during the wash, but the binding would have been on the grain more or less and should have held up.
I was thinking of this, also.
That's why a single line of straight stitching on a back crotch seam often fails.
06-23-2014, 05:35 PM
#23
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I use 60 wt Bottom Line for dense FMQ and have never had any breakage. But I agree with others on their thread advice when doing straight line stitching. I also use the ladder stitch when hand sewing a binding, but I always use hand quilting thread.
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