What is your thread preference and why?
#11
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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Once I tried Aurifil, I was hooked and use it for both piecing and quilting. It is very smooth, so there is much less lint buildup in my machine. Plus, it looks great! The weight I am using is 50/2. Before that, I used Mettler silk-finish cotton 50/3 most of the time. Especially for close quilting, I found that 50/3 stiffened the quilt more than I like.
#13
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Florida - formerly Montana
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I have used Gutermann, aurifil or superior mostly, but I when I have stitched in the ditch and didn't want anything to show I used the Mono Poly wonder invisible nylon thread from YLI. I like that, too. The old invisible thread was hard and like fishing line. This is soft and acts like cotton, but is invisible. I also just got a new brand from my LQS. It is called Algodon Presencia Algodon 100% Mercerized cotton 60 wt. I LOVE IT. There is no lint and it just sews beautifully. So this may be my go to thread from now on.
#15
I have a few favorites, and like them all for pretty much the same reasons. They are all "clean" threads, meaning I don't have a lot of thread fuzz build up in and on my machine, I don't have a problem with breakage or separation of ply when they move through my machine, and they have a nice sheen to them which looks great especially when quilting with them.
My fav's are (in no particular order): Aurifil, some Sulky, Superior King Tut, and Gutterman.
There are a few others that I have and like, but I'm not home so can't remember all of my thread names right now.
Two that I don't like off the top of my head (because they failed in some or all of the above categories): C&C and Connecting Threads Essential thread.
My fav's are (in no particular order): Aurifil, some Sulky, Superior King Tut, and Gutterman.
There are a few others that I have and like, but I'm not home so can't remember all of my thread names right now.
Two that I don't like off the top of my head (because they failed in some or all of the above categories): C&C and Connecting Threads Essential thread.
#18
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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i use silk for applique- and hand piecing, it is smooth, fine and makes invisible stitches easy
cotton for some general sewing, just a basic sewing thread
poly (mostly) for long-arm quilting it is strong- smooth- and available in a wide range of colors, weights
wool for wool applique, some crazy quilting embellishment, couching
purl cotton for more applique, embellishment, hand work
cotton for some general sewing, just a basic sewing thread
poly (mostly) for long-arm quilting it is strong- smooth- and available in a wide range of colors, weights
wool for wool applique, some crazy quilting embellishment, couching
purl cotton for more applique, embellishment, hand work
#20
Gutterman, Mettler for piecing. Have used some sulky for FMQ Practice that is nice. Haven't tried any other brands out there other than Coats and Clark which I don't care for. Don't have a favorite, my machines are not picky
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