In case anyone else is interested... I heard from a very distinguished lace teacher and she says the DMC Machine Embroidery thread is superior to the Madiera that I have, and well worth the search, but it is practically impossible for her to obtain in England. I was sort of hoping that it would turn out it wasn't worth the search, but she says that it is her favorite for hinjosa and Idrija lace. Sigh. Privately, I have heard that it is obtainable from Createforless.com, and http://www.discountembroiderysupply.com/Dmc-Cotton-Machine-Embroidery-Thread -Recommended-By-Sharon-Schamber. The Createforless.com site might be easier to use because it shows the colors with the numbers. Amazon also lists it, but when you look closely, you can see that they are really sending you to Create for Less. With any of these sites it would probably help to have the lovely color chart brochure available from DMC because that is the only way of seeing all the colors arranged by shade. Devon
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