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05-23-2011, 05:01 AM

teddysmom

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.....quilt with single or double thread? I've looked at some Amish quilts and I can't tell if they use a single thread or a double thread.

05-23-2011, 05:02 AM

sueisallaboutquilts

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Single, I always use quilting thread.

05-23-2011, 05:03 AM

GemState

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Single thread.

05-23-2011, 05:04 AM

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Yep, single Hand quilting thread. Check to see, there is machine quilting thread too. You can use it, just harder to use.

05-23-2011, 05:05 AM

ontheriver

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I always use single hand quilting thread.

05-23-2011, 05:13 AM

ruck9085

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Single, hand quilting thread.

05-23-2011, 05:16 AM

ptquilts

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single.

05-23-2011, 05:20 AM

Sewfine

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I want to say single. I used hand quilting thread for Hancock fabric or Wal-Mart, which is durable.

05-23-2011, 05:36 AM

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Single thread. Hand quilting thread is heavier weight. Usually 40 (as opposed to standard piecing thread which is usually 50 or 60) but I have a handquilting thread that is 35. This may be why you think some of these Amish quilts may be double thread but traditional is a single strand.