I used to buy Coats & Clark cotton poly by preference, but it became so fragile awhile back that I switched to Gutermann poly. I recently bought some Gutermann all cotton and was surprised to find I like it less than their poly--the poly is smoother. I always match colors very carefully--I want the inside of garments to look as good as the outside. I have dozens of partial spools (I just sorted them all out by color). When a spool gets really low I use it up as hand-basting thread.
Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns www.lavoltapress.com On 5/17/2012 1:41 PM, Kimiko Small wrote:
I also prefer the all cotton threads, especially Gutterman. My sewing machine was prepped by my repair guy to deal with the all cotton when he asked me my preference, and for the most part I've had no problems with it. I can usually get all cotton at the local fabric chain stores. As to color matching, I no longer bother.
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