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Posted by BEI Design on January 16, 2007, 5:47 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Dana Compton wrote:
> > 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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Posted by me on January 16, 2007, 5:50 pm
See my post in alt.sewing.. At this point, I'd rather shop at
WalMart.
me
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:47:21 -0800, "BEI Design"
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Posted by Sarah Dale on January 16, 2007, 5:42 pm
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>BEI Design wrote:
>> 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
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> 24 cones = 8 colors (three cones of each color)...or 6 if you buy
> 4 in each color.
What I read about in one book, and discussed here a few years back, was
the use of cones of similar but different colours for projects. The
general theory being that you buy 4 or more cones in different shades of
green (or whatever colour), and that way one of them is probably going
to be a close match for your project, so that goes in the left needle,
and the next closest three make up the other three threads, so they at
least tone with your project.
This way you get more project colour matches for less overall numbers of
cones. And things like grey / beige / taupe can probably
cross-substitute. And if you get something difficult to match you can
either just buy one cone - or even a standard sewing cotton reel to put
in the left needle for your hard to match colour.
Obviously you buy 4 or more cones of the colours you know you're going
to use a lot of (black, white).
When I bought my first set of thread for the serger, I got 4 black, 4
off-white (covers both white and cream), 4 different dark blues, 2
different greys and a selection of cones in different colours - just
one of each - a couple of greens, reds, purple, pink etc. etc.. I've
also picked up odd cones here and there over time - one sewing shop I
use sometimes has used factory left overs at 50p a cone. And I lucked
out one day on a trip to a charity (goodwill) shop and found a basket of
used cones. So I now have 50 ish cones covering the rainbow, which
should keep me sorted out for many years to come!
HTH
Sarah
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on January 16, 2007, 3:03 am
Dana Compton wrote:
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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?)
>
> Dana
>
Yes, 3000 is standard. Some brands come in 5000 as well. Personally, I
usually buy Empress Mills: http://www.empressmills.co.uk/
And it comes on cones (usually 3000, 5000, and 7000 for industrial use),
or cops of 1000 metres. Empress cones look like they are 5000, :D On
some machines you need to be careful about the bigger cones, and while
Empress Mills use the same size core for theirs, some manufacturers use
a bigger core for the larger cones, and they don't always sit well on a
domestic machine.
I tend to buy cones in commonly used colours and cops in less common
colours and for use on the sewing machine, though I also have a thread
stand and use cones for some projects and some threads. I like to go up
to the mill and pick up miss-wound cones for fantastic prices, but as
they are 350 miles away, it doesn't happen often!
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Bobbie Sews Moore on January 18, 2007, 11:37 am
I sometimes get partial cones from a local sewing manufacture, so I have
lots on hand. Some of the cones are the ones on the larger base. I've
found that I can take a 2 ltr soft drink bottle, cut off the bottom, and
thread my cone through the top. A free thread holder. This also works when
I want to use a small spool of regular thread because of the color. HTH
Barbara in SC and now FL
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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
> Results 1 - 10 of about 355 for TSWLTH
> The Store We Love To Hate