Old 05-20-2014, 07:29 AM
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charlottequilts
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Originally Posted by romanojg
Don't know what you are using it for but I use it for peicing, FMG, cross hatch and emb and have never had a problem with it breaking. I started using it for hand applique and then for piecing,its essential when you are doing the small blocks with lots of pieces like in civil war blocks. Once I started using it, my seems were accurate, what a difference 1 less ply makes in accuracy
Again, it doesn't break while I am using it. Ever. But if you try to break it, it breaks far more easily than the 3-ply mettler 50, for example. I often do this with bobbins to double-check whether or not I have dual-duty, polyester, or cotton on it. (They're labeled, but a mistake is always possible.). I do it sometimes to verify a 60 weight from a 50.
So, it's something I've noticed.

The 2-ply part is likely why, to me, it makes as beautiful a satin stitch as a 60-weight cotton. It can be broken about as easily. I'll bet it is wonderful for dense quilting. It wouldn't be my first choice for piecing, though.

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