Polyester Thread
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
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What would Grandma say?
If it meets the tug test, use it! Don't even have to do the matchy-matchy that we did when making clothes. Remember standing in front of the thread display matching to the closest possible? That's why most of us have boxes of thread.
If it meets the tug test, use it! Don't even have to do the matchy-matchy that we did when making clothes. Remember standing in front of the thread display matching to the closest possible? That's why most of us have boxes of thread.
#15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I've learned to do the tug test on any and all threads before using them.
I usually can't tell by looking if thread is still strong or not.
I've used Coats and Clark cotton covered polyester Dual Duty thread for years (why did they quit making it?) and I have quilts that are over 20 years old that are our couch quilts - the bindings are frayed - but no fabric has been "cut" by the thread that was used.
I usually can't tell by looking if thread is still strong or not.
I've used Coats and Clark cotton covered polyester Dual Duty thread for years (why did they quit making it?) and I have quilts that are over 20 years old that are our couch quilts - the bindings are frayed - but no fabric has been "cut" by the thread that was used.
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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I only use cotton for quilting because its supposed to hold up on cotton fabric better. Poly has a tendency to eventually cut thru the fabric or deteriorate, break down, what ever its called. But that being said, lots of people love using it on quilting. I do use it for making garments
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