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Re: Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 25 Apr 2011 11:13 #63349

djane OFFLINE Posts: 751 Thank you received: 255	I have used gutterman hand quilting thread and also valdania thread which is very pretty and worked well.
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Re: Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 25 Apr 2011 07:02 #63310

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	If you are using an thread that is designated as "hand quilting" DO NOT USE IT IN YOUR SEWING MACHINE. It has a waxy coating to prevent tangles, which is great for hand sewing, but it will gum up your tension disks!!
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Re: Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 25 Apr 2011 05:31 #63301

cbear OFFLINE Posts: 55	I really like Gutterman hand quilting thread. I've also used Mettler's hand quilting thread and it is good, but I prefer Gutterman as it handles well and does not tangle easily. Cindy
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Re: Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 25 Apr 2011 04:50 #63296

EditorAnne OFFLINE Posts: 284 Thank you received: 4	I like King Tut thread by Superior. It comes in gorgeous, subtly variegated colours, and it's a top-quality, extra-long-staple Egyptian cotton.
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Re: Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 24 Apr 2011 23:17 #63284

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Hi Kathy, I'm Kathy from Ca too.

I have very limited hand quilting experience, but I have used YLI hand quilting thread and it's nice. I think superior threads has something too which is probably a good one to try. I hand quilted one quilt with Mettler 50 weight thread, and it worked okay but it wasn't very strong. The quilt was a smallish wall quilt so it didn't need to be very sturdy thread. Hopefully some of the HQ experts here will chime in.

Kathy

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Preferred Thread for Hand Quilting 24 Apr 2011 21:01 #63271

kmitchel OFFLINE Posts: 87 Thank you received: 13	I have been machine quilting for awhile, but I'm also starting to do some hand quilting as well. Since there are so many different kinds of threads that we can use when we machine quilt, I'm wondering what is the best type of thread to use when quilting by hand? Thank you, Kathy in CA
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