Brand of quilting thread
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O'k I always use Coats & Clarks thread for my own hand quilting, but when I quilt for others sometimes they have sent me Guttermans and I like that, but I was wondering if any one has use Aurifil for hand quilting or is that just for Long arm machines? I refuse to use Mettlers because it is so hard to thread and you waste more becasue you have to constatntly cut the end to get it threaded.
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I love Connecting Threads thread.. it's beautiful, tons of colors, not linty, and a great value!!
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Iamquilter asked "I was wondering if any one has used Aurifil for hand quilting or is that just for Long arm machines"?
I believe Aurifil thread is a finer guage thread. Wonderful for sewing, especially in the bobbin because you can get a lot of thread on the bobbin and therefore don't have to fill them quite as often. I don't think I'd want to use it for handquilting unless it was something that was very soft and fine. It is wonderful thread in my experience, but I want my handquilting to show. It may also come in different sizes, but that I've used is finer. That would be my reason for choosing something different.
I believe Aurifil thread is a finer guage thread. Wonderful for sewing, especially in the bobbin because you can get a lot of thread on the bobbin and therefore don't have to fill them quite as often. I don't think I'd want to use it for handquilting unless it was something that was very soft and fine. It is wonderful thread in my experience, but I want my handquilting to show. It may also come in different sizes, but that I've used is finer. That would be my reason for choosing something different.
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