Special quilting thread for "lefties"?
05-06-2012, 03:21 AM
#21
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The only thing I can think of is that English embroidery thread has a different twist to French and European threads. They are called S and Z twists and it matters which end you hold it from or you get knots and annoying twists whilst you embroider. One can tell the difference by running the thread between index finger and thumb (i.e. one direction feels smooth and the other, rough). However, I don't know that this extends to quilting thread?
More information on S and Z twists can be found at the address below. I always make sure that I do a project all in the same brand of thread in order that there is no difference in the way the stitches form.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2011/01...-stitched.html
More information on S and Z twists can be found at the address below. I always make sure that I do a project all in the same brand of thread in order that there is no difference in the way the stitches form.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2011/01...-stitched.html
05-06-2012, 03:46 AM
#22
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I'm sitting here trying not to fall off my chair.... LOL
First of all, there is no such thing.
Second of all I think your sister should find a different LQS to shop.
There is NOTHING special about a lefty sewing anything - other than 'we' do it left handed. Sure there are lefty sissors but EVERYTHING else is the same for a lefty as it is for a righty. All the tools are the same (other than possibly sissors) and we may lay out / cut our fabric from a different angle but the end result is still the same.
What your sister's LQS said is, in my mind, equivalent to saying a lefty needs a left handed iron. Pooh! An iron is an iron. Thread is thread.
Tell your sister to find another place to shop.
LOL
Shari
First of all, there is no such thing.
Second of all I think your sister should find a different LQS to shop.
There is NOTHING special about a lefty sewing anything - other than 'we' do it left handed. Sure there are lefty sissors but EVERYTHING else is the same for a lefty as it is for a righty. All the tools are the same (other than possibly sissors) and we may lay out / cut our fabric from a different angle but the end result is still the same.
What your sister's LQS said is, in my mind, equivalent to saying a lefty needs a left handed iron. Pooh! An iron is an iron. Thread is thread.
Tell your sister to find another place to shop.
LOL
Shari
05-06-2012, 04:30 AM
#24
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I have two sewing machines. One of the machines has the needle down lever behind and I use my left hand perfectly. The second machine has the lever at the right; my left hand comes up looking for the lever; I have to stop and make myself use my right hand to use this "right hand lever." I have often wondered about a reverse throat opening and the fabric being on the right instead of the left side.
05-06-2012, 05:53 AM
#27
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I'm glad I can use either hand. I write with my left hand and use my scissors in my right. Can use my rotary in either. When I first started in school, I did everything left handed and the teacher tried to make me use my right. My mother, being left handed, jumped right in the middle of that lady. But I ended up using either hand and have the worst handwriting in the world. LOL
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