Any clear threads out there safe for quilting pot holders?
12-22-2025, 08:53 PM
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Any clear threads out there safe for quilting pot holders?
I'm making a lot of different quilt block pot holders as gifts and would love to use a no-color thread on the dark and white/color/multicolor tops for stitch in the ditch quilting. White is too much of a contrast in the darks and darks are too showy on the whites. Suggestions? Is clear poly or nylon safe to use? Fairly new quilter here so any and all info is much appreciated.
12-23-2025, 06:58 AM
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Superior poly clear thread will last as long as the potholder's life before being replaced if the potholder is used for its purpose. If too pretty it will probably be used for decoration so nothing to worry about.
12-23-2025, 04:35 PM
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Superior's site states that monopoly is heat safe to dryer and medium iron temperatures. Another page on their site states that poly thread melts at 480 degrees F.
It should be OK for a potholder for most things, but not when taking something out of the broiler or baked/roasted at high temperatures (like artisan bread baked in a Dutch oven at 450 - that would be getting close).
It should be OK for a potholder for most things, but not when taking something out of the broiler or baked/roasted at high temperatures (like artisan bread baked in a Dutch oven at 450 - that would be getting close).
