Originally Posted by All Thumbs

Hello again - Guess what I did? I wrote the Gutermann company and have received a couple real nice responses from the American division. Here is what I learned. The thread is named with the country in which it is made follows. Polyester(Germany); Bulky Nylon(Italy); Cotton (Greece); Toldi-Lock(Thailand); Upholstery(Mexico)

Threads for the U.S. are wound onto spools or cones and boxed in either Mexico or Spain. Now if any of the above threads are listed with a different label than designated above, please let me know because Gutermann would be very interested in seeing that spool and I can give you a direct contact to them.

Now if I remember correctly, SewOK a few posts back mentioned her Mexican Gutermann thread fraying and breaking needles. The Gutermann representative told me their thread from Mexico is upholstery thread. Therefore, if SewOK is being used for quilting perhaps, that would make a difference--definitely the type of needle used would be important with upholstery thread.

You are correct, Bev, what a bunch of Sherlock Holmes we are......off I go to quilt. But don't we love our board!

Originally Posted by All Thumbs

Bev, there are lots of things that make a quilt turn out properly; perhaps asking your local Guild membership to help you or going to the library and getting a quilting book might help. While I have sewn for over 55 years, I have been quilting under five year and I have so-o-o-o much to learn! I am thankful for this Board. Good Luck, and I am sure a well-informed sales clerk at your fabric shop can help too.

Originally Posted by Bev

Oh I'm not having much of a problem with my threads. I use Gutermann and C&C. But I got caught up in learning more about the types of thread we are all using when this thread came up. I have no doubt that we all are using what works best in our machines. What I think I meant to say, but didn't mean to bug anybody about it, was that if some one was having big problems with Gutermann it's most likely that they are using the wrong thread "type", not the brand. But how are we supposed to know what "type" the thread is if they don't have it printed on the label? Now your research shows us that we must look at the country it's produced in, in order to know what we should use it for, ie: piecing, quilting, heavy weights etc. That's not fair to us. How can we remember all that stuff? I'm lucky to remember my own address most of the time. I don't know about y'all. I hope I'm making myself clear. Sometimes when I think I am, it's about as clear as mud to others. :lol: :roll:

Originally Posted by kaygerou

I have noticed when I use Guttermann thread, the thread kind of jumps off the spool like it is getting caught on something. I think it might have something to do the spools being smaller than the reg. spools of thread. Could this be?