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Originally Posted by Onebyone
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This has been disproved by too many machine and thread manufacturers. It's simply not true. A knowledgeable dealer or tech would never tell a customer only one type of thread has to be used on a machine.
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As I mentioned I had a problem when stitching my gfg but I don't have any issues in my machine or with hand quilting using it. I had problems with several threads shredding and knotting when doing the overcast stitch when putting my hexies together. In my humble opinion it was shredding because of going in and out of the fabric so much with the same thread.
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I have not purchased any C&C thread since they went straight polyester. I have used the duly duty for years with no problems. I used it to sew kids clothes, jeans, DH shirts and my clothes and for machine piecing. I have a good supply still and will not purchase the polyester. I sew and applique cotton and want cotton thread. I also e-mailed C&C. I got a reply but no answers to my questions about the thread change.
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Originally Posted by judykay
(Post 6822498)
As I mentioned I had a problem when stitching my gfg but I don't have any issues in my machine or with hand quilting using it. I had problems with several threads shredding and knotting when doing the overcast stitch when putting my hexies together. In my humble opinion it was shredding because of going in and out of the fabric so much with the same thread.
I think some of us used a much longer thread to avoid rethreading the needle and trying to get a nice know in the thread. |
I use Coats Cotton with no problems. Maybe the problem was Clarks. The bottom of the different spools I use say Coats and Clark, but the top just has Coats Cotton. BrendaK
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Judy: That was exactly my conclusion. Bearisgrey: Tried shorter lengths to try to eliminate the problem. Same thing, shredding and fraying. Recently I bought a new spool of C & C because I needed that particular color. To date haven't had a problem, maybe they figured out they had a problem and fixed it. Trouble is I don't trust them like I used to, so will buy other brands when I have a choice.
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Have used C&C for many years with no problems in my DSM (Janome). Have used both the Dual Duty and Dual Duty Plus. I see they have a "new" thread available specifically for Paper Piecing. Wonder what the difference is?
I see many of you say you use "old" thread. I've heard that old thread doesn't stand up well at all as it gets "dry" and breaks easily. Is this true or an old wives tale? |
my choice of thread
Originally Posted by SittingPretty
(Post 6820255)
I have a Babylock Esante, and my dealer said not to use C&C thread. I asked why, and she said it's a bad thread. I asked what I should use, and she said, "Anything else. Doesn't matter what brand, just not C&C." She said her husband, who is the one who repairs and tunes the machines, uses C&C to test the machines. He said it's so bad, that he can tell what might be wrong by the way the thread behaves. I was kind of upset by all that. I've used C&C for many years, sewed all kinds of clothes and household items. It was always the only thread I'd ever used. I do seem to have more problems with breakage and shredding, tho. Maybe she is right. I'll have to use other brands more often and check it out.
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I just bought a new Phaff that you need a doctorate degree to use, and the dealer told me not to use C&C thread. They sell Mettler thread. Even other shoppers in JoAnn's told me to buy Gutterman thread. (I ask questions of the shoppers in the fabric section sometimes, since I am so new to sewing (especially quilting.) I am so disappointed as I have always liked Coats and Clark, and I have resisted this information against it for many years. (My new machine isn't embroidery so that isn't the reason for not using C&C.) I am surprised to read here that C&C is just as expensive as the other brands. I've been fooled all this time.
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For many of us, that was (and is) one of the more easily found brands of thread.
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C&C was the only thread I used for many years but when I bought my Viking about 18 years ago it didn't perform we'll with it. My newer machines prefer Guttermann, Metrosene & Aurifil. I still have quite a lot of the older stock that I use on my FWs but am thinking of getting rid of it. Took a while to convince my daughter that the grade of threads sold by bargain stores is really not a bargain.
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I've found that C&C just isn't the quality that I was used to. I've picked up a couple of spools recently and they had slubs along with thin spots in the thread. I broke a needle when it got to one of the slubs(thick spots). I threw the rest of the thread in the trash.
My favorite cotton thread is Aurifil and polyester is Metrosene. I'm fed up with wasting money on poor quality thread. I've been sewing since 1966, quilting since 1988. It's sad that brands that were wonderful have become junk. :thumbdown: Sharon in Texas |
When I first started sewing it was the only thread sold at the local 5 and 10 , so that's what I bought. I still buy it on occasion with no issues as far as strength or my machine not liking it. That being said I am not in the "only use cotton " group.
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