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Old March 20th 06, 06:36 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Guess what I'm doing!

Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content, by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools that you can organize it all these ways?

Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 07:03 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Cotton thread in one plastic storage unit and cotton poly in another. Easy
for me since that's all I have other than one rayon spool that sits all by
itself.

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"Robin" wrote in message
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Guess what I'm doing!

Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content, by spool size, by
purpose, or do you have so many spools that you can organize it all these
ways?

Robin


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Old March 20th 06, 07:32 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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LOL! I have two terracotta pots which were covered in tissue paper and decorated with ribbons and sequins for a party. One holds cotton the other poly!

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"Robin" wrote in message et...
Guess what I'm doing!

Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content, by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools that you can organize it all these ways?

Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 07:44 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Yes! I separate by Coats and Clark standard sewing thread, 100%
cotton, rayon, specialty threads, invisible threads, fancies and
metallics, heavy duty and hand quilting. Then each section is
organized by color. I have well over 400 spools right now, so keeping
them well organized is really important to me. Otherwise, I'd be
searching forever for that perfect thread! See pics of my thread racks
at-
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...60435514FiEiAB

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
Robin wrote:
Guess what I'm doing!

Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content, by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools that you can organize it all these ways?

Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 08:21 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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http://community.webshots.com/photo/...75796722akuHwr

I have two IKEA bookcases back to back and each shelf has
two cheap plastic drawer units. Threads are sorted by
thread content and colour in one bookcase (polys and cottons
separated in drawers and rayons in the small boxes at the
top, then sorted by colour) and all the beading stuff is in
the other bookcase, mostly in screw top plastic pill
containers.

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"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO."
wrote in message
oups.com...
: Yes! I separate by Coats and Clark standard sewing
thread, 100%
: cotton, rayon, specialty threads, invisible threads,
fancies and
: metallics, heavy duty and hand quilting. Then each
section is
: organized by color. I have well over 400 spools right
now, so keeping
: them well organized is really important to me. Otherwise,
I'd be
: searching forever for that perfect thread! See pics of my
thread racks
: at-
:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...60435514FiEiAB
:
: Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
: Robin wrote:
: Guess what I'm doing!
:
: Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content,
by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools
that you can organize it all these ways?
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: Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 01:51 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OMG, I need more coffee. I read this as "How do you organize your head."

sigh, I need a day off.
Paulette in WV
"Robin" wrote in message et...
Guess what I'm doing!

Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content, by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools that you can organize it all these ways?

Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 06:17 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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I meant to reply to group.

The Bernina People told me that Coats and Clarks was the worst thread you
could use on your machine. Can anyone back that up?
That was all I ever bought, but now I'm changing over to a better thread
since my son bought me a new Bernina Artista 730. I still don't know how to
use it though. I can sew but haven't tried to hook it up to the PC yet. It
kind of scares me.

Judy
"Cats" wrote in message
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http://community.webshots.com/photo/...75796722akuHwr

I have two IKEA bookcases back to back and each shelf has
two cheap plastic drawer units. Threads are sorted by
thread content and colour in one bookcase (polys and cottons
separated in drawers and rayons in the small boxes at the
top, then sorted by colour) and all the beading stuff is in
the other bookcase, mostly in screw top plastic pill
containers.

--
Cats ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^
( U ) ( U ) ( U )
Enness Boofhead Donut

http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau

"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO."
wrote in message
oups.com...
: Yes! I separate by Coats and Clark standard sewing
thread, 100%
: cotton, rayon, specialty threads, invisible threads,
fancies and
: metallics, heavy duty and hand quilting. Then each
section is
: organized by color. I have well over 400 spools right
now, so keeping
: them well organized is really important to me. Otherwise,
I'd be
: searching forever for that perfect thread! See pics of my
thread racks
: at-
:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...60435514FiEiAB
:
: Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
: Robin wrote:
: Guess what I'm doing!
:
: Do you organize your thread by color, by fiber content,
by spool size, by purpose, or do you have so many spools
that you can organize it all these ways?
:
: Robin
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Old March 20th 06, 06:23 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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In article . net,
"Judy W" wrote:

I meant to reply to group.

The Bernina People told me that Coats and Clarks was the worst thread you
could use on your machine. Can anyone back that up?
That was all I ever bought, but now I'm changing over to a better thread
since my son bought me a new Bernina Artista 730. I still don't know how to
use it though. I can sew but haven't tried to hook it up to the PC yet. It
kind of scares me.

Judy


I don't know about the worst thread. Sounds a little extreme to me.

I do think it's a lot fuzzier than other thread. Unroll a piece and
look at it under your trusty magnifying glass. For the regular, all
purpose thread the ones I get at Joanns there are always lots of little
hairs sticking out. fuzz. Fills up the bobbin case with fuzz after
very little sewing. I could see this being a problem with those sewing
people who don't clean out their bobbin cases or clean their machine
regularly.

Because the all purpose stuff is poly core coated with cotton I don't
use it for piecing because I am a cotton thread girl when it comes to
that. It's just my thing.

I know that there are some hand quilters who really like their hand
quilting thread. So, it could be that the quality of their thread
varies or it could be that the fuzz isn't an issue for hand quilting. I
dunno.

I always found it great for sewing kids halloween costumes though.

marcella
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Old March 20th 06, 06:29 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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I have a lot of Coats and Clark cotton covered poly thread left from my
garment and curtain sewing days. I use it for piecing on my bed
quilts. The HairyButt Gang is very hard on my bed quilts and they only
last a year or two. I don't worry about the poly with that short life.
I use 100% cotton or rayon threads for all other quilting purposes- my
"masterpieces". They deserve good thread.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
Marcella Peek wrote:
In article . net,
"Judy W" wrote:

I meant to reply to group.

The Bernina People told me that Coats and Clarks was the worst thread you
could use on your machine. Can anyone back that up?
That was all I ever bought, but now I'm changing over to a better thread
since my son bought me a new Bernina Artista 730. I still don't know how to
use it though. I can sew but haven't tried to hook it up to the PC yet. It
kind of scares me.

Judy


I don't know about the worst thread. Sounds a little extreme to me.

I do think it's a lot fuzzier than other thread. Unroll a piece and
look at it under your trusty magnifying glass. For the regular, all
purpose thread the ones I get at Joanns there are always lots of little
hairs sticking out. fuzz. Fills up the bobbin case with fuzz after
very little sewing. I could see this being a problem with those sewing
people who don't clean out their bobbin cases or clean their machine
regularly.

Because the all purpose stuff is poly core coated with cotton I don't
use it for piecing because I am a cotton thread girl when it comes to
that. It's just my thing.

I know that there are some hand quilters who really like their hand
quilting thread. So, it could be that the quality of their thread
varies or it could be that the fuzz isn't an issue for hand quilting. I
dunno.

I always found it great for sewing kids halloween costumes though.

marcella


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Old March 20th 06, 06:40 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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In article . net,
"Judy W" wrote:

The Bernina People told me that Coats and Clarks was the worst thread you
could use on your machine. Can anyone back that up?
That was all I ever bought, but now I'm changing over to a better thread
since my son bought me a new Bernina Artista 730. I still don't know how to
use it though. I can sew but haven't tried to hook it up to the PC yet. It
kind of scares me.



Judy, lots of people like C&C, but it's not my favorite, since it tends
to be quite linty. I much prefer Aurifil, which is very fine (50/2) and
has almost no lint at all. HTH.
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