Best needle and thread for machine applique.
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Best needle and thread for machine applique.
I need to do a lot of button hole stitch on a wall hanging and I want it to turn out nice. What weight thread and what needle should I use? Thanks in advance.
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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It depends if you want your buttonhole stitch to stand out or blend in. Black cotton Sulky 30 weight is nice for standing out. If you want it to blend- 50 weight Aurifil that matches your appliqué. Change it each time you get to a new fabric. A topstitch needle or microtex needle is nice.
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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I use a blind hemstitch rather than a button hole stitch for invisible machine applique. My current favorite is Bottom Line thread (a 60wt polyester) and a size 70 Microtex needle. This is the finest needle available and the sharp Microtex point creates the smallest holes.
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
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I am currently working on a fusible applique project with a blanket stitch (also sometimes referred to as a buttonhole stitch). I am using Wonderfil's Decobob, an 80 wt poly and it is really working well. The stitches are not obvious at all.
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