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Posted by jusme on October 10, 2007, 8:36 pm
Interesting.. Coats was very poor thread at one point (sorry,
Beverly).. I stopped using it after I had a couple of finished
garments self-destruct at all the seams because "Dual Duty" failed
(and failed badly)...
This was something less than funny at the time.
Aurifil and YLI I have heard of on this side of the pond, but I think
Empress Mills is something we do not see here.
me
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:09:41 +0100, Kate XXXXXX
>I use Aurifil and YLI 100 weight cotton threads: both lovely. For
>thicker threads I like the YLI 50 weight quilting thread, and Empress
>Mills cotton, which is about a 75 weight.
>
>The new Coats Cotton thread is very like the Aurifil and YLI, being a 2
>ply 100 weight thread made from long staple cotton. I was very
>impressed with it for garment construction, thopugh I might not choose
>to quilt with it as it's a bit fine for my taste in quilting thread. I
>haven't yet used the new Coats Duet poly thread, but reports say it's a
>vast improvement on the old Drima nighmare stuff. A bloke on another
>group here in the UK has used it and reports that it's a little more
>tightly wound than the Gutterman. That I can live with if it's a better
>and more consistent quality as I don't use poly thread for hand
>finishing (I use silk, or rayon machine embroidery thread for that).
>For poly I usually use Empress Mills 120's poly serger thread: works
>very well on the machine in 1000m cops, and I have a thread stand for
>the bigger serger cones.
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