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Posted by Dana Compton on January 16, 2007, 3:28 pm
> You never made more true statements....
>
> I wait until TSWLTH has sales, and buy thread then as well.. I "stock"
> big spools of "typical" colours... For normal sewing, I use Gutermann
> from Germany (only), and I don't have problems with it at all (as some
> have reported -- for example, I have yet to see the lint problems).
>
> Serger thread I tend to test buy with one colour, and then stock up if
> it runs well. =A0My serger problably gets the least use of any of my
> regular machines, but it definitely comes in handy when I use it, and
> it makes a nice finished seam...
>
> Sewing expensive?..... =A0Yes it is, but it has nothing on machine
> embroidery.. I now have four, 8 drawer cabinets for storage of
> embroidery supplies alone.. =A0 I swear that machine embroidery is
> another excuse for yet more stash. =A0(laughter)
>
> I must have 300 cones of embroidery thread alone. My latest "I must
> have it" purchase was 25 1000m cones of colour varigated poly thread,
> and 10 1000m cones of metallics with a poly core.. Not totally sure
> what I will use it on, but it is ever-so-pretty.. (more laughter)
>
> Thread, stabilizers, and needles alone can keep you in the poor
> house... =A0(laughter) =A0
>
> me
>
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:57:21 -0800, "BEI Design"
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>
>
>
> >>I will be checking locally and on the web. Figure I will buy at
> >>least
> >> 24 cones in different colors. I don't like not having what I
> >> need when
> >> I start a project LOL.. Is 3000 yards a standard size cone?
> >> (It's
> >> called a cone right?)
>
> >24 cones =3D 8 colors (three cones of each color)...or 6 if you buy
> >4 in each color.
>
> >I have stocked up on serger thread cones in a *lot* of colors,
> >because I'm fussy about having as-close-as-possible matches for
> >all threads in my projects. =A0Whenever TSWLTH has "All Thread 50%
> >Off" sales, (like they do at the moments), I buy several cones.
>
> >I use white the most, then black, navy, off white/beige, med.
> >blue, pale blue, red, purple, green, periwinkle, taupe, pink,.
>
> >In addition, I have many cones of wooly nylon.
>
> >For a project in a new color I don't think I'll ever use again, I
> >buy just one cone, and wind bobbins for the needle and the
> >looper(s).
>
> >No one ever said sewing was inexpensive.....- Hide quoted text -- Show q=
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I have horses so was initiated into expensive hobbies many years back
LOL. At least sewing equipment doesn't eat or need shoes!! What is
TSWLTH? Do I just google that?
Dana
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