The "old" Coats & Clark Dual Duty Thread
09-19-2019, 06:20 PM
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I have quite a lot of Dual Duty, stored in the flat Valentine and Christmas chocolate cans (someone here is Very Helpful about scouting out the holiday cans, which arrive amazingly empty. 
) I guess the polyester myth has kept me from using it for piecing - glad to hear that it works just fine.
hugs,
charlotte
) I guess the polyester myth has kept me from using it for piecing - glad to hear that it works just fine.hugs,
charlotte
09-20-2019, 02:59 AM
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I have quite a lot of Dual Duty, stored in the flat Valentine and Christmas chocolate cans (someone here is Very Helpful about scouting out the holiday cans, which arrive amazingly empty. ) I guess the polyester myth has kept me from using it for piecing - glad to hear that it works just fine.
hugs,
) I guess the polyester myth has kept me from using it for piecing - glad to hear that it works just fine.hugs,
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09-20-2019, 03:21 AM
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No store or shop carries Coats and Clark thread, not even Walmart here. So I don't use it. It use to be the only thread available anywhere. The newer machines that have internal threading need little or no lint thread. Open threading it really makes no difference as the air carries away much of the lint.
I know this because I recently sought some out for sewing up jeans.
JoAnns carries it too. Just saying.
09-20-2019, 03:33 AM
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https://www.walmart.com/browse/arts-...iiBDbGFyawieie
I know this because I recently sought some out for sewing up jeans.
JoAnns carries it too. Just saying.
I know this because I recently sought some out for sewing up jeans.
JoAnns carries it too. Just saying.
09-20-2019, 04:41 PM
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How interesting that you brought this up. I just took my sewing machine in for a service, and the lady at the shop checked the spool of thread I had on it (just all-purpose thread). Then she very seriously warned me never to use dual duty thread because it has a wax on it that builds up in the workings of the machine and affects how it works. I have never heard that before, and have never had a problem with dual duty thread. Has anyone else heard about this wax coating? Or is it another "myth"?
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