Aurifil 50wt. for hand quilting? Guess not!
I decided to hand quilt my Easy Street using Bonnie Hunter's free-hand Baptist fans. Had a lovely pale green Aurifil 50wt. thread that would be perfect, colorwise, and I thought I'd read where people use it for hand quilting and everything. When I tried to knot the thread it was really hard to get a knot large enough to stay in the sandwich and then when I tugged on it, the thread broke. Luckily, this happened after just one fan. I guess the 50 wt just isn't strong enough for hand quilting. Anyone had luck using it for hand quilting? I'm off to the stores tomorrow looking for pale green hand quilting thread. Hope I find some, but I suppose white will do.