Pros/Cons of using Polyester thread to quilt?
06-19-2013, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Here is an excellent article about thread: http://www.superiorthreads.com/newsletters/642/
http://www.superiorthreads.com/educa...dition-or-myth
Personally, I use what matches or enhances my fabric. I just finished quilting w/cotton serger thread.
06-19-2013, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Tashana
There seem two be two camps in the quilting world - cotton thread only camp, and the rest of us camp. I am in the second one. In my opinion, there are no rules because they impede creativity. Go poly! By the way, I recently discovered Glide and it was love at first stitch.
Uh oh, I hear the sirens for the quilt police LOL. I'm with you, I use what I like.
06-19-2013, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
The only con I can think of is that high heat from an iron can melt it and break the stitching. Most people don't iron or press finished quilts, so that's not a problem. But, for piecing that can be an issue.
It is also a myth that poly thread tears the cotton fabric.
If your machine likes it, there is no reason not to use it (imho).
06-20-2013, 11:27 AM
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I read this article, which stated that the US government had banned domestic production of rayon many years ago. That may be true, but I could find no evidence of such a ban in any of the literature I read to try to confirm that statement. Instead, there are dozens of articles about the uses of rayon as thread and as fabric. Perhaps all that rayon is being produced somewhere else, but I would like confirmation that it is no longer produced in the US because the production process causes so much pollution. If it is being produced exclusively somewhere else, the decision to suspend domestic production probably involves lower production costs. However, if you find cofirmation that rayon is not produced in the United States because its production caused so much pollution, please let me know because it will be a signal to prepare for the end of the world. froggyintexas
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Here is an excellent article about thread: http://www.superiorthreads.com/newsletters/642/
06-20-2013, 12:18 PM
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Rayon can be produced in a variety of ways and in a variety of forms. Regular rayon (viscose rayon) is produced in the U.S. Cupranomium rayon, which is similar to viscose rayon, is not produced in the U.S. because of its effects on the environment but it is still produced in Italy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon
http://www.museumtextiles.com/1/category/rayon/1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon
http://www.museumtextiles.com/1/category/rayon/1.html
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