C & C thread
10-31-2018, 07:38 AM
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Coats and Clarks does not make the 'notched' spools anymore. It is simply twisted under the plastic rim. If you do have an older version, you have a couple options. Put the 'notch' at the top and the thread will not get caught (if you have a horizontal holder, put the notch to the far side). You can also use a TINY bit of nail polish to fill in the notch - emphasize TINY.
10-31-2018, 07:47 AM
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thread but I can only imagine how aggravating it would be to keep catching your thread
on the spool!
10-31-2018, 07:56 AM
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10-31-2018, 09:08 AM
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If I am using a spool that I know I have problems with the thread catching on the end, I like to use a "slightly" larger cap so that the thread will skip over the spool end.
10-31-2018, 11:18 AM
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Something interesting, a mystery. My JoAnn store carried C&C thread that doesn't have that notch. It has the removable cap. My Walmart store carries C&C thread with the notch. I wonder why, and what the difference is.
10-31-2018, 11:26 AM
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10-31-2018, 01:25 PM
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When the notch is on both ends, I take a paring knife and cut another / towards the existing one keeping it shallow. When my cut meets up with the existing cut. A shallow \/ is the result. I smooth the edges of the V and the thread no longer catches in it. I usually leave one slash for storing the thread and I make sure it is always on the bottom when putting the thread on the spool holder.
11-01-2018, 06:41 AM
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I'm pretty sure the bulk bin spools (black, white, ecru, grey) from Joann's still have the notch. Yep, seal it with acrylic nail polish or cut it off.
I am a user of inexpensive threads and have gone to the Gutermann Mara 100 from Wawak. It is really inexpensive and is the same as the Gutermann Sew-all. Gutermann is now manufactured by American and Efird, a company that actually still has a US manufacturing plant!. Anyway it comes on a beautifully formed, cross-wound spool, which is easy to put on the spool-holder, but I use a thread holder out of habit.
As an aside, I have 30 year old quilts that I have sewn with polyester thread, machine washed and dried numerous times that have held up extremely well. The only issues with them are that the few batiks I used in them. The batik fabric is actually disintegrating where the wax clearly was (and yep these were Hoffman batiks).
I am a user of inexpensive threads and have gone to the Gutermann Mara 100 from Wawak. It is really inexpensive and is the same as the Gutermann Sew-all. Gutermann is now manufactured by American and Efird, a company that actually still has a US manufacturing plant!. Anyway it comes on a beautifully formed, cross-wound spool, which is easy to put on the spool-holder, but I use a thread holder out of habit.
As an aside, I have 30 year old quilts that I have sewn with polyester thread, machine washed and dried numerous times that have held up extremely well. The only issues with them are that the few batiks I used in them. The batik fabric is actually disintegrating where the wax clearly was (and yep these were Hoffman batiks).
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