Essential Cotton Thread - thoughts?
08-23-2013, 10:03 AM
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To solve the lint issue I made a little tube out of scrap fabric that fits over the hook on my thread stand so the thread runs over the fabric and gets " de-linted " before it even gets to my machine ! Love this idea--I have always used Aurifil but have recently purchased some Essential thread and I'm going to try this great tip.
08-23-2013, 10:06 AM
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I live in Kenai and there is a great shop in Soldotna--J&H Sewing that repairs all brands of machines. You may have heard of them. It is closer than Anchorage.
I have been using this thread for quite a while (and some Coats) and I thought it was very linty in my Husq +1. Never noticed blobs. I have used premium threads very little so I had no comparison. I will probably continue to use it and just clean the machine very often. A professional cleaning requires shipping to Anchorage - not really a option very often. I wish someone here would learn how to work on sewing machines.
08-23-2013, 11:04 AM
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Sometimes the threads that seem expensive really aren't as bad as they seem. Aurifil is -not- one of the expensive threads out there. Mettler and Gutermann are both more expensive when you figure the price per meter or yard.
I did a cost comparison of them back in April. Yes, Connecting Threads is cheaper by more than 3 times, but Mettler and Gutermann are about twice as expensive as Aurifil.
http://www.archaicarcane.com/common-...ost-of-thread/
I did a cost comparison of them back in April. Yes, Connecting Threads is cheaper by more than 3 times, but Mettler and Gutermann are about twice as expensive as Aurifil.
http://www.archaicarcane.com/common-...ost-of-thread/
08-24-2013, 07:36 AM
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08-25-2013, 08:42 PM
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Could you show a picture of the thread stand with the material on it? Sounds like a great idea- but I am having trouble visualizing it.[ATTACH=CONFIG]432279[/ATTACH]
Here it is on my brother pq 1500's thread stand
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just make sure you pick a fabric that is not in itself linty !
08-26-2013, 05:32 AM
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I really love the ET Threads, it is more a matter of machine preference then anything. My Brother machine LOVES it, my Janome tolerates it and my Singer hates it ! To solve the lint issue I made a little tube out of scrap fabric that fits over the hook on my thread stand so the thread runs over the fabric and gets " de-linted " before it even gets to my machine !
08-26-2013, 08:13 AM
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This idea actually hit me when I first started quilting last year and of course being new I thought " Oh what an awesome deal all this big cone thread at the dollar store ! " Yeah well , LOL, I HAD to find a way to de-lint the thread somehow because my husband was NOT about to let me get MORE thread when " you have a huge tote full of it already " ( he has since learned it is safer not to ask WHAT I am buying, or why I am buying it )
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