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I ordered several spools of the Essential 100% long staple cotton satin finish Size 50. It seams thick to me. Is the lower the # then thinner? Can I piece and quilt with this? I thing I need to study more about thread. HELP PLEASE!
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It's pretty much all I use. I piece and machine quilt (sit down HQ) and have had no issues with it. I also hand piece (EPP) with it and have never had any problems. Just make sure your sewing needle matches to the 50wt. I don't know enough to tell you how they calculate the weight, but can definitely say 50wt is just fine!
I do like thinner/silk for hand applique though!
I do like thinner/silk for hand applique though!
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I have some CT too and their 50 wt seems thicker to me than the regular Gutermann cotton 50wt thread that I normally use. However, I have used the CT thread for both piecing and quilting and had no problems or issues with it, so think you will be just fine using it. And I think the higher the thread weight number the thinner the thread, the lower the number the thicker. Hopefully if I have this backwards someone will correct me. Threads can also be 2 ply or 3 ply and that can affect the thickness too and I think CT thread is 3 ply and that may be why it seems thicker.
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Lower numbers mean a thicker, heavier thread. Higher numbers mean a finer thread.
Superior Threads has an excellent selection of very informative & educational articles and videos, if you'd like to learn more about thread.
http://www.superiorthreads.com/education/
Superior Threads has an excellent selection of very informative & educational articles and videos, if you'd like to learn more about thread.
http://www.superiorthreads.com/education/
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I use CT thread for the vast majority of my quilts. If I am doing something special and want the flattest seams possible, I use Aurifil or Masterpiece. I donate most of my quilts and CT is very economical. I quilt exclusively with essential Pro.
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If not mistaken, the higher the number the thinner the thread. You'd think it would be the other way around but I guess they like to keep us on our toes. You should be able to use it for both piecing and quilting. Heck I use whatever I have in the color I have it. I do stop myself when I find the thread is super old. My mother dumped me with a bunch of thread she had that was actually the 1st wife's thread from probably back in the 50's as some were on wood spools. Those I tossed but the rest of it I'm using for piecing just to get rid of it. If it snaps easy it gets tossed too. I have 10 large spools of medium gray thread to use up so I'm hoping for a darker fabric quilt to work on soon to use it up. Must have been for uniforms back whenever.
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