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Posted by teleflora on December 30, 2007, 12:19 am
That's weird because I use a Schmetz 14 needle and it works just fine. What
can possibly be the difference?
Cindy
> Polly, I had needles in 9, 11, 12 and 14- metallica, quilting, embroidery,
> topstitching, and microtex. NONE of those 14s could handle the 12 wt.
> thread. No matter how slowly I went it shredded every inch or so. I was
> getting very upset until I stumbled across that 18 needle. Heaven only
> knows when I bought it- it is a Singer brand needle and I quit using them
> and have used Schmetz exclusively for about 16-17 years. I'm sure glad I
> had it, tho! A 16 *might* work... but I don't have any 16s so I'm glad
> the 18 is doing the job. I'm sewing thru two layers of tightly woven
> batiks plus Heat & Bond Lite to fuse them together.... maybe that's part
> of the reason the 18 is what worked for me? I still have to sew fairly
> slow with the 18 or the thread will start shredding.
>
> I think the 12 wt. in black would be super with those repro fabrics!
> Great idea!
>
> Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.
>
>> Beautiful quilt, Leslie, great pattern design. Wonderful . . . and I'll
>> see if I can pick up a spool of 12 wt sulky. Sometimes I want a heavy
>> sort of primitive look with black thread on 30's repro. That ought to be
>> a lot easier than stacking two spools of thread. A whole lot. That size
>> 18 needle is a killer though. I wonder if there's not one with a wider
>> eye or is the heft of the needle needed for the thread weight? Polly
>>
>>
>>>I LOVE that 12 wt sulky. I use it to machine appliqué all the time. It's
>>>also great for redwork and other types of embroidery.
>>>
>>> I've not tried the Presencia on a spool, but I like their 6 ply
>>> embroidery floss in the skeins. Has a silky feel to it.
>>>
>>> Great quilt, Leslie. I don't get that edge effect with the Sulky. Mine
>>> just looks like slightly heavy buttonhole. I wonder what I'm doing
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>>
>>>>I accidentally bought a gorgeous variegated green Sulky cotton thread in
>>>>a 12 weight- I usually buy 40 or 50 wt. I had to use a size 18 needle
>>>>to accommodate it, but the effect is really cool! The buttonhole stitch
>>>>around the applique looks as tho it is a very narrow braid applied to
>>>>the edge. You can compare it to the appearance of the cotton 50 wt.
>>>>turquoise thread on the flower- which is the same stitch. I'm
>>>>buttonhole stitching the appliques on my mom Chemo Cuddle Quilt.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a photo of the quilt top (I was looking for pieced morning
>>>> glories and didn't find that pattern, so I designed my own appliqued
>>>> morning glories) plus two close-ups of the threads-
>>>>
>>>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/561931824aNNfqt
>>>>
>>>> Now the Presencia thread- I was VERY disappointed in it. It comes
>>>> with some kind of plastic wrap around the spool that's very difficult
>>>> to remove. But when you get the plastic wrap removed there is an
>>>> adhesive backed dot on the end of the thread. When you finally get the
>>>> dot peeled off there is a round spot of adhesive residue left on the
>>>> thread. I had a choice of running the sticky adhesive thru my sewing
>>>> machine- and the delicate tension disks- or wasting half of the thread
>>>> on the spool by unwinding the thread to where there was no adhesive
>>>> left on it.
>>>>
>>>> And... while I was sewing with it my sm made some ugly noises so I
>>>> stopped to see what had happened. The darn thread had a knot in it!
>>>> Yep, two ends of thread were tied together- they must have run out of
>>>> thread half-way thru filling the spool so someone just tied the two
>>>> ends together and then kept right on filling the spool. Grrrrr! I am
>>>> not happy about this! I would NOT recommend Presencia thread!
>>>>
>>>> Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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