Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
I have a question please.
When doing your quilting which I will be doing by hand (she says hopefully) what weight thread do you use and also the make. I need to order some.
also I will be quilting the vast majority on black and my eyes being the way they are, would a varigated thread be a good idea or not, I just canīt see me quilting in black. As my fabrics are asian my thought was varigated but can you get this in a quilting thread?
Thanks in advance for all you advice.
Elle
Sulky make varigated cotton, but it's not specifically sold for quilting as far as I know. I have used it for machine quilting, and I liked it for that, so can't see why hand quilting would be any harder. I like it particularly because the colours change in a relatively short length it comes in two weights, and it's the 30 you need for machine/hand sewing. Hancocks of Paducah have it, and will send you a catalogue (be prepared to want to order everything in it though). I have used Gutermann thread for mine because I had plenty of it.