what kind of thread do u use for sewing your blocks?
09-25-2011, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Just-Lee
Could everyone specify which threads (names) they use by Connecting Threads, Aurifil, and YLI...and Signature. Is it cotton, poly, rayon....and do they have specific names for the lines you like?
09-25-2011, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by wilson4514
shop sales and often you get the best prices on try "sew for less.com" I use Signature, Gutterman, YLI for piecing and to date most of my quilting I have used "king tut". I am about to try Aurifil for my newest project. It's not about cost, it is about quality........C&C and others cause a lot of build up of "fuzz" inside the gutts of your machine. ALSO..................never pull thread back out of your machine the way you threaded your machine...... cut the thread at the top and pull the thread out from the needle end of the machine ; that prevents fuzz from all threads
Good tip, I did not know that but it makes sense. Thanks
whatever you use Happy Quilting
Good tip, I did not know that but it makes sense. Thanks
whatever you use Happy Quilting
09-25-2011, 07:33 AM
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Use to be C&C was the only thread sold in most all stores so of course everyone remembers their grandmothers using only that brand. I have all brands of thread collected over the years. My newest find is Isocord. It a really great thread and it's very reasonable in price. I use it for machine quilting along with Connecting Threads poly, Glide, Sulky, YLI, Superior, Aurifil, Anton Robson, Guttermann....... If it's on sale at a bargain price, I buy it.
09-25-2011, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
Quilt Police are probably gonna be knocking at my door as soon as I post this, but, I use Serger thread. Comes in a large, very inexpensive spool. So far my work is holding up. Maybe not for 100 years, but I'll be dead by then and won't care! Just my way of keeping my costs down.
09-25-2011, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by pcq42
I use Coats and Clarks wondering if there is something better but not too expensive?
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09-25-2011, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Weenween
Originally Posted by pcq42
I use Coats and Clarks wondering if there is something better but not too expensive?
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09-25-2011, 08:50 AM
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I started out with Coats and Clark, hated the lint and found a lot of knots and slubs on the thread. Then I started using Star (slightly better, but still a C&C product I think). Lately I've been using Superior's Bottom Line almost exclusively in the bobbin and often as the top thread as well. It's very fine, so I seldom have to change the bobbin. I buy it on the big cones, usually at machine quilting shows, so it's very economical, there is no lint, and it takes up almost no room in the seam.
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