Every once in a while I get to jonesing for some metallic machine embroidery. I've always been frustrated with Sulky, it strips nearly instantly & shreds. So I went off to the posh sewing store & got some "best of class" metallics. One brand is "Superior Threads" the other is Japanese (which I cannot type here) sold in the US as KingStar.
My two experimental setups used the standard setup for my machine (darning foot, drop feed dogs, change pressure foot setting, change bobbin thread path): 1. Silk taffeta, Metallica needle, (no stabilizer). 2. Same as above, adding 2 layers Tear-Away stabilizer. I did experiments 1 & 2 with each brand and have no complaints about either. Both blow the socks off stupid Sulky. Neither stripped or shredded ever. Pricewise, KingStar is about 1/2 as expensive. --cin Cynthia Barnes [email protected] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
