Originally Posted by
Helen54
I am absolutely new to quilting. I get my sewing machine tomorrow and I was looking at thread today. It's Gutermann's 100% natural cotton sewing thread and it says cotton Ne 50-30 wt. Is this a suitable thread for quilting?
Gütermann cotton thread is 50 wt. The notation 50-30 wt represents 50 wt/30 tex (tex is just another measurement for thread thickness). It is a 3 ply thread.
Last edited by ghostrider; 11-05-2013 at 12:03 PM.