When to buy thread?
05-19-2011, 01:39 PM
#101
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Location: Elizabethville, Pa
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I have thread that was my mother's. She was born in 1902. I have made garments with it and if the color fits, I use it. If they are weak..then I use the thread for something else. What about the quilts that have been made before us? That thread is still good. I say use what you have if it is strong.
05-19-2011, 02:20 PM
#102
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Location: Sunny AZ
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Originally Posted by Maia B
Baloney! Clothes being washed and worn, exposed to light, mechanical stress, and extremes of temperature and humidity last years. Quality thread protected from light, dust, and temperature extremes and exposed to no stress or wear, is not going to go bad on the spool in a year, even 5 years, even longer. This is the type of thing that discredits a teacher or shop. IMO, this violates the trust of students. I've been experiencing this too, classes that are as much a commercial as a class. But to give such blatantly wrong advice just to generate sales? Blech! Bob Purcell, president of Superior Threads, teaches a thread seminar. He doesn't criticise other brands, and he says we should put quality thread collections in our wills.
05-19-2011, 02:34 PM
#103
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Batesville, Arkansas
Posts: 852
I have 30 year old thread that holds up very well. I buy quality threads. If it breaks easily then it is not going to work, but like everyone else says, why should it be bad if it lasts in quilts for years. I have a quilt that is over 150 yrs old and the seams are better than some of the fabric!
05-19-2011, 02:42 PM
#104
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Galloway,Ohio
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I have A LOT of thread. I use it, going thru a couple spools each week. I have 2 sergers and 11 machines. I machine embroidery and quilt my own quilts. All of thats takes many spools to complete. What I do is, use silicone to help old thread in the machine. When doing high speed sewing commercial sewing they place their thread in buckets of silicone lubricant while sewing. If that doesn't help I put it on the sergers. That uses it up quite.
05-19-2011, 02:46 PM
#106
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
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Originally Posted by ScrappyAZ
..."And be sure to buy new thread every time you begin a project." said the instructor.
:lol:
05-19-2011, 03:40 PM
#109
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Carlisle, PA
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Doreen, I tried using each and every spool, but as I said, they were almost like cobweb consistency! They were so rotted that just broke off between my fingers. It was far from 'perfectly good thread' - I'm guessing from the spools, most were nearly 60 years old. It was heartbreaking to me!
Originally Posted by Doreen
Can't believe that someone would say such a thing. Don't be being throwing out perfectly good thread! Take your chances.
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