help? cheap thread??
02-20-2011, 06:39 AM
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I found some old, old, old thread in my old sewing box yesterday. Do any of you remember TG&Y? It came from there & that place has been closed for years. Anyway, I plan to give it to a quilting friend of mine as a joke.....she knows enough about quilting that she will know not to use it!
02-20-2011, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mazda
I do have a question: There is thread for piecing & thread for quilting, right???
02-20-2011, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SewsonSaturday
i need to buy some more thread but hate having to buy it when its almost a dollar a spool... theres not much too it what on earth could make just plain old thread cost so much?? i just do not understand....does any one know were to buy really cheap thread??
It breaks and tangles and even perhaps you machine will stutter and refuse to sew.
There isn't such a thing as 'PLAIN OLD CHEAP THREAD"
any more. Look for bargains in big huge spools of good thread, 100% cotton. It sews well, doesn't break or make tangles. Believe it or not your machine notices the difference, and will sew much better.
02-20-2011, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mazda
I found some old, old, old thread in my old sewing box yesterday. Do any of you remember TG&Y? It came from there & that place has been closed for years. Anyway, I plan to give it to a quilting friend of mine as a joke.....she knows enough about quilting that she will know not to use it!
They unroll the top layer off, and use the thread underneath, for mending, and replacing torn pieces with antique cloth of the same age...and like to find good old thread to go with it.
02-20-2011, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by QBeth
If you're buying thread at "almost a dollar a spool," you've already found the place!
Of course, you don't say how large a spool. Try Connecting Threads; if you compare prices based on thread per foot, you might find that deal. Good luck!
update: I should have mentioned Atlantic Thread. They're good too!
Of course, you don't say how large a spool. Try Connecting Threads; if you compare prices based on thread per foot, you might find that deal. Good luck!
update: I should have mentioned Atlantic Thread. They're good too!
02-20-2011, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by sallyinfla
I would like to know how as well!!!
Also this makes it easy to have the same thread top and bottom.
Interestingly, a full bobbin holds the same amount of thread as a small spool has on it. Try it!
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