Change thread?
#1
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Another post that discussed thread made me think. I don't pay enough attention to thread, and I know I should (and I vow to from now on!).
Made me wonder. When I'm piecing and I run out of a spool, I'll grab another spool of the same color without regard to the manufacturer. I'll choose with only color and weight as my guide. So I may start a quilt with white 50wt Gutterman and finish piecing in white 50wt C&C.
I do pay enough attention to not make any changes in thread when quilting, just piecing.
Do any of you - especially those of you not "married" to a certain brand - change manufacturers mid-product when you piece?
Made me wonder. When I'm piecing and I run out of a spool, I'll grab another spool of the same color without regard to the manufacturer. I'll choose with only color and weight as my guide. So I may start a quilt with white 50wt Gutterman and finish piecing in white 50wt C&C.
I do pay enough attention to not make any changes in thread when quilting, just piecing.
Do any of you - especially those of you not "married" to a certain brand - change manufacturers mid-product when you piece?
#3
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Location: Mabank, Texas
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I, like you, have always just used the same weight and a like color when I needed to refill the bobbin. I have never worried about the mfg until I joined this board and found out that I should always use the same.
#6
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Location: Cadillac, MI
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I only care what goes in the bobbin on my vintage machine. it doesn't hold much, so I want a thin thread. Guterman is fine for me. Other than that, I am trying to use up a few of my stash. 'Course, I'll wish I hadn't when I need to sew on some apparel and can't match it. Both machines will sew well with C&C, Guterman or Connecting Threads, so I don'r worry.
#8
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: McCalla, Alabama
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Funny you should ask today about thread. I live about 20 miles from the nearest Hancocks. Yesterday, I needed ONE spool of navy cotton thread to bind my DD queen size hand quilted quilt. Went to H., everything on sale, couldn't use my 40% coupon on one spool of thread, so I spent $100 on othersale items. Would have been better off waiting untilthe thread went off sale! LOL
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