In cottons & cotton poly, I like Meineke (whatever the spelling) and Guterman best. I, too, sneer at the shreddy C&C thread. In silks, I prefer Earth Bell, tho I've never seen it in the US. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com> wrote: > My favorite thread has been discontinued without so much as a peep. I am > preternaturally p.o'd at the venerable Coats & Clark, but now I need to > switch threads. > > My old favorite was the sometimes deingrated Coats & Clark cotton-wrapped > polyester. It had the shine of cotton and the strength of polyester. Coats > is now producing it under the same name but it's all polyester. > > Ideas? I know some folks out there are thread snobs, but I just want > something that's (a) available!! and (b) will hold up. A little (c) > affordability and (d) good color range wouldn't hurt either. A basic, > workhorse thread!! > > Second question: how do you match thread to fabric if you can't actually > *compare* them in a store? > > ==Marjorie Wilser > > @..@ @..@ @..@ > Three Toad Press > http://3toad.blogspot.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
