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ania755 10-25-2017 06:26 PM

FM or stippling on Brother PQ1500 ???
 
Hi...
I wonder which thread weight gives the best results on the Brother PQ1500....while FM or stippling...
I bought years ago a box of prewound thread ...it was excellent...I wasn,t smart enough to keep the box or to write down the number or name of the thread....
Now I need to start looking....will appreciate any help.....
Thanks

petthefabric 10-26-2017 01:06 AM

Almost any wt will work. I like 60 wt Bottom Line on cones.

MaryKatherine 10-26-2017 04:52 AM

Any thread, really but I like a slightly heavier thread on top.

Stitchnripper 10-26-2017 05:18 AM

I have a Brother PQ 1500 Nouvelle I bought used and after a lot of struggle with thread breaking it will do nice stippling with just about any now. I use a large needle, not universal. I think it is a microtex 100. Different threads give different looks, so practice with some and see how you like it. My machine doesn't like me to go very fast, but I can go fast enough so I think we have come "to terms" so to speak.

ania755 10-30-2017 06:37 AM

Thank you girls so much.....I really appreciate your responds....
I never bather to learn about threads....till now....and its such great machine....
Thanks and hugs to all of you...happy Stippling

bigsister63 11-01-2017 05:25 AM

I like the thread from Connecting Threads. Good variety of colors and very little fuzz! I use both the cone and the smaller size. My Brothers 1500 like this thread both for piecing and FMQ.

ania755 11-02-2017 04:25 AM

Thank you bigsister....I will consider it as well....so many threads out there....its really confusing...

ania755 11-09-2017 06:46 AM


Originally Posted by bigsister63 (Post 7935792)
I like the thread from Connecting Threads. Good variety of colors and very little fuzz! I use both the cone and the smaller size. My Brothers 1500 like this thread both for piecing and FMQ.

I check the thread in the site but they have so many different threads.....do you use the Poly or cotton ???

fruitloop 11-09-2017 08:16 AM

Someone gave me a Grace Speed control that works great on my Brother 1500. The speed stays constant. I plugs in where the foot control goes and is push button. Two speeds. It is much easier to do FMQ when I don't have to think about sewing speed.


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