Hey Sharon, I have an old Kenmore (purchased new mid-1970s) and I use almost only Gutermann thread. I never have any trouble. I've used the Metro-something and had problems. I think it really depends on your machine, and I believe the new ones are fussier than the old ones. Heck, it ran on Coats & Clark for years and ran just fine.
LynnD On 7/30/07, Sharon Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > It's 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
