I just bought a new machine and the salesman said Gutermann thread is horrible and recommended against using it in my new machine. He recommended some thread (I don't remember the name, started with a "M"). Of course, I have 50 colors of Gutermann.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Page Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:37 PM To: Historical Costume List Subject: [h-cost] Heat n Bond Hell NOW I remember why I hate that stuff. I just had the weirdest thing happen while using it. I am appliqueing a cotton/linen blend midweight fabric and used the ultra bond, the thread is Gutermann cotton thread. The first two appliques went fine- a total dream; I was using plain cone thread for that. I switch to the Gutermann, and all hell breaks loose. The satin stitch starts skipping stitches and the needle is gummed up with sticky goop. I have to clean off my needle roughly once an inch. Nothing had changed from one pair to the other, except the thread and the weather. I was ripping my hair out trying to figure out what the problem was. The best we could come up with was the slight rise in humidity with the new weather front has caused the heat n bond to soften. I even tried to dry it with a hot iron, but that didn't work, either. Anyone else have this happen, and is there anything I can do to make it stop?? Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert (Fieldless) On a rose Or barbed vert a lions head erased gules. Its never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc. - Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. Who you are is contained inside, and no one can change that. They can only assist you in denying who you are, but not indelibly reshape you to their own image. Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
