Is Connecting Threads thread good quality?
#11
I have one complaint about the thread. The wrapper is hard to get off for me. I messed up a spool using a seam ripper to open the wrapper and cut into the threads. My fingers can't tear the wrapper away.
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Livonia, MI near Detroit
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The thread I just got from them had no wrapper on it with the color. The group was just in a plastic bag. I wonder if they heard all the complaints, but unless I can figure out the names how do I know the colors? Maybe I'll use the labels on the inside or just write it with fine tip sharpie. I thought it was rather odd that they were just jumbled up loose in a plastic bag but not having ordered from them before this, I didn't know what to expect.
Wendy B
Wendy B
#13
My thread set came in a shrink wrapped package with each spool wrapped in a clear plastic wrapper. I've never gotten a thread set with loose spools in a plastic bag but I haven't ordered a new thread set in awhile
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Utah
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Originally Posted by bluebird
Originally Posted by Missi
I forgot to mention in my last post that one downfall with the thread is that after you open it you have no idea what color thread it is. So I make a little label with my label maker and put it on the inside of the spool. It is tricky but so far it is working.
#15
Originally Posted by NCMtnHigh
Their tread is top notch. I NEVER get broken thread while sewing. It's 50 weight and the colors are great. There's no sheen to it so looks at place on cotton. I'm now quilting with batiks and their colors do not get lost in the background. I want the hues to stand out and compliment the batiks. Can't beat the prices either.
#16
Originally Posted by Missi
I forgot to mention in my last post that one downfall with the thread is that after you open it you have no idea what color thread it is. So I make a little label with my label maker and put it on the inside of the spool. It is tricky but so far it is working.
#17
Originally Posted by Missi
I forgot to mention in my last post that one downfall with the thread is that after you open it you have no idea what color thread it is. So I make a little label with my label maker and put it on the inside of the spool. It is tricky but so far it is working.
A few months ago, I bought a lot of Essential Thread from Connecting Threads. I haven't opened or used any yet, but I plan to use vinyl strips on those spools and cones also, with the thread color label enclosed under the vinyl.
I can tell you that it works like a charm! The vinyl is not expensive and a little goes a long way.
#18
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Originally Posted by sunkistmi
The thread I just got from them had no wrapper on it with the color. The group was just in a plastic bag. I wonder if they heard all the complaints, but unless I can figure out the names how do I know the colors? Maybe I'll use the labels on the inside or just write it with fine tip sharpie. I thought it was rather odd that they were just jumbled up loose in a plastic bag but not having ordered from them before this, I didn't know what to expect.
Wendy B
Wendy B
I once got some medication with the bottle and the pills in a zip loc bag. It was many years ago, but if that happened today, I would be on the horn.
I wouldn't take them if they had been opened, but that has nothing to do with your thread.
That's just really weird.
I have ordered a good size box of their thread and i love it too. All mine were individually wrapped in cellophane with the numbers and name of the color etc.
I wouldn't like it, if I received something that was jumbled up like you described. i would call them. I believe they would be very helpful.
#19
Originally Posted by sunkistmi
The thread I just got from them had no wrapper on it with the color. The group was just in a plastic bag. I wonder if they heard all the complaints, but unless I can figure out the names how do I know the colors? Maybe I'll use the labels on the inside or just write it with fine tip sharpie. I thought it was rather odd that they were just jumbled up loose in a plastic bag but not having ordered from them before this, I didn't know what to expect.
Wendy B
Wendy B
If it was mine, I'd call and tell them; do you still have the order number and information?
#20
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Livonia, MI near Detroit
Posts: 627
I have the info, I got it last week. I ordered 3 thread collections (DH had given me $$ specifically for thread for Christmas) and I received 3 plastic bags with the spools of thread in them. They were not even marked as to which collection they were because I had to go back to the website and compare the colors. None of them look like they have been opened but since I had never ordered anything from them, I guess I didn't really know what to expect. Maybe I'll give them a call tomorrow. Thanks everyone.
Wendy B
Wendy B
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