Suggestion for embroidery thread set? - Page 3

> BEI Design wrote:
> > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > james wrote:
> > > > > I'm shopping for a set of poly threads to
> > > > > experiment with
> > > > > embroidery.
> > > > > Is it better to buy a named brand set like this:
> > > > > http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3668&PRODID=prd29697
> > > > Just a quick follow-up, that link is for "...all
> > > > purpose sewing and quilting thread." I would advise
> > > > using
> > > > embroidery specific thread if you want good machine
> > > > embroidery results.
> > > > B
> > > Generally true, but I knew a guy who was disabled and
> > > short of the ready and he used any thread he could
> > > get, including serger thread, and consistently turned
> > > out
> > > astonishingly good work. On a POEM.
> > At the very least I would do a test sew-out of whatever
> > design I was going to do to be sure the thread worked as
> > hoped for. There's way too much time and cost (in
> > stabilizer, thread, design, and the garment) in machine
> > embroidery to waste it on less-than-quality thread,
> > IMHO. Beverly
> Hmmm. I've always done a test sew-out of any design.

> Pogonip wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>> james wrote:
>>>>>> I'm shopping for a set of poly threads to
>>>>>> experiment with
>>>>>> embroidery.
>>>>>> Is it better to buy a named brand set like this:
>>>>>> http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3668&PRODID=prd29697
>>>>> Just a quick follow-up, that link is for "...all
>>>>> purpose sewing and quilting thread." I would advise
>>>>> using
>>>>> embroidery specific thread if you want good machine
>>>>> embroidery results.
>>>>> B
>>>> Generally true, but I knew a guy who was disabled and
>>>> short of the ready and he used any thread he could
>>>> get, including serger thread, and consistently turned
>>>> out
>>>> astonishingly good work. On a POEM.
>>> At the very least I would do a test sew-out of whatever
>>> design I was going to do to be sure the thread worked as
>>> hoped for. There's way too much time and cost (in
>>> stabilizer, thread, design, and the garment) in machine
>>> embroidery to waste it on less-than-quality thread,
>>> IMHO. Beverly
>> Hmmm. I've always done a test sew-out of any design.
>
> I usually test any new design, but if I were to sew a design
> I had previously been happy with I probably would not test
> it again. Unless I changed something like thread,
> stabilizer, size, etc.
>
> Beverly
>
>

> BEI Design wrote:
> > Pogonip wrote:
> > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > > BEI Design wrote:
> > > > > > james wrote:
> > > > > > > I'm shopping for a set of poly threads to
> > > > > > > experiment with
> > > > > > > embroidery.
> > > > > > > Is it better to buy a named brand set like
> > > > > > > this:
> > > > > > >

> > > > > > Just a quick follow-up, that link is for "...all
> > > > > > purpose sewing and quilting thread." I would
> > > > > > advise using
> > > > > > embroidery specific thread if you want good
> > > > > > machine embroidery results.
> > > > > > B
> > > > > Generally true, but I knew a guy who was disabled
> > > > > and short of the ready and he used any thread he
> > > > > could
> > > > > get, including serger thread, and consistently
> > > > > turned out
> > > > > astonishingly good work. On a POEM.
> > > > At the very least I would do a test sew-out of
> > > > whatever design I was going to do to be sure the
> > > > thread
> > > > worked as hoped for. There's way too much time and
> > > > cost (in
> > > > stabilizer, thread, design, and the garment) in
> > > > machine embroidery to waste it on less-than-quality
> > > > thread,
> > > > IMHO. Beverly
> > > Hmmm. I've always done a test sew-out of any design.
> > I usually test any new design, but if I were to sew a
> > design I had previously been happy with I probably would
> > not
> > test it again. Unless I changed something like thread,
> > stabilizer, size, etc.
> > Beverly
> Yeah. Agreed. So you'd do a trial run with different
> threads. Sometimes you can get interesting effects using
> thread
> not necessarily designed for embroidery.

> Pogonip wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>>>>> james wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm shopping for a set of poly threads to
>>>>>>>> experiment with
>>>>>>>> embroidery.
>>>>>>>> Is it better to buy a named brand set like
>>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>> http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3668&PRODID=prd29697
>>>>>>> Just a quick follow-up, that link is for "...all
>>>>>>> purpose sewing and quilting thread." I would
>>>>>>> advise using
>>>>>>> embroidery specific thread if you want good
>>>>>>> machine embroidery results.
>>>>>>> B
>>>>>> Generally true, but I knew a guy who was disabled
>>>>>> and short of the ready and he used any thread he
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> get, including serger thread, and consistently
>>>>>> turned out
>>>>>> astonishingly good work. On a POEM.
>>>>> At the very least I would do a test sew-out of
>>>>> whatever design I was going to do to be sure the
>>>>> thread
>>>>> worked as hoped for. There's way too much time and
>>>>> cost (in
>>>>> stabilizer, thread, design, and the garment) in
>>>>> machine embroidery to waste it on less-than-quality
>>>>> thread,
>>>>> IMHO. Beverly
>>>> Hmmm. I've always done a test sew-out of any design.
>>> I usually test any new design, but if I were to sew a
>>> design I had previously been happy with I probably would
>>> not
>>> test it again. Unless I changed something like thread,
>>> stabilizer, size, etc.
>>> Beverly
>> Yeah. Agreed. So you'd do a trial run with different
>> threads. Sometimes you can get interesting effects using
>> thread
>> not necessarily designed for embroidery.
>
> I haven't tried that. I put up a fairly large supply of
> Medeira and R-A, both rayon and poly so it's unlikely I'll
> need to use serger thread anytime soon. ;-}
>
> Beverly
>
>