Does monofilament
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Does monofilament
thread last as long as regular cotton or cotton/polyester thread? Does the knots at the end come out, when you use it for quilting? I have been hesitant to use it on my quilts.
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Most of the instructors on craftsy that use it say they have manyquilts that are old that have no issues with the monofilament, I think there was more concern with the older stuff kind of how poly used to be bad for quilts but now is fine to use
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There are two kinds of monofilament thread...nylon and polyester. Some resources that may help you decide if, or which, to use.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/resources/article-87.html
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...ar-thread.html
http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/02/...-for-quilting/
http://www.quiltingboard.com/resources/article-87.html
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...ar-thread.html
http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/02/...-for-quilting/
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I went to a class using the monofilament thread. Everyone in the class had to do a test on the thread of snapping the thread between hands.
if it snapped quickly we were told it was old and no good.
do you mean I can stop doing this and use any mono thread I have left.
if it snapped quickly we were told it was old and no good.
do you mean I can stop doing this and use any mono thread I have left.
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If it is getting old so you can't use it to sew with it does that mean that you shouldn't use mono on a quilt that you may want to last more than 30 years or so? I would expect most quilts would last 30 years with regular thread. It seems that if it gets old on the spool it would get old in a quilt and snap too. Just wondering. I don't want to use it if we can't prove it will last a bit. Would hate to make a quilt and have all that mono break.
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