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Old 06-14-2010, 03:45 PM
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nursie76
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Originally Posted by Love2Quilt
I am free motion quilting a wall hanging and using metallic thread. The thread keeps breaking, It becomes thin and then breaks while going through the eye of the needle. Does anyone know what size needle I should probably use which I'm sure I'm not. Or any other little tricks

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Karen
I know there is a special metafil needle for metallic threads, and perhaps you need a larger eye on the needle. Also, when I was embroidering with it I had to slow my machine waaaay down.
This site has lots of info:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...es.html?cat=46
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