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!
But how are we to know which is which? I don't recall any signs or words on the spools which would tell me. Maybe I just haven't been really noticing. But c'mon, how much could they fit on those little places where the print is. So, would it be up to the store to categorize it for us? Because I know Joann's, at least MINE, doesn't. However for C&C they DO have different categories listed on the shelves where the threads are placed. This is all too much !!! My brain is getting sore from overuse!
OK, back I go to my quilting room to take out ALL my threads and look at labels again. We may have a class action suit going for us here. :lol: :roll: