They are meant to be identical ie same number but the threads look totally different in colour. [...] does anyone know why the thread has changed colour??
Don't know *why*, but sure know the colours do change, especially in metallics, and not *only* in Madeira :) I have three spools of Sulky series 142, each with the same number (7054), which is described on their website as "red". Each is a totally different shade, and two have a slightly diffrent ("harsher") texture as well... When I got a metallic (jewel colours) "selection" from Madeira and, on that basis, made choices for the full-size spools, they all came in different shades from the original... And the variegated (again, in more than Madeira) are even worse though, *sometimes* it's not so much the change of *colours* as it is the change in the way the thread is wrapped on the spool, which makes it look diffrerent...
But it sure as sure makes one's life "exciting"; you can't buy a spool without seeing it (and taking an old one to compare), and, quite often you can't buy it in a *shop* either... It's all catalogue or website. Trying to publish a pattern recommending specific threads for a particular effect is almost impossible... :(
The cottons seem to be a bit more stable, if it's any consolation <g>
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