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Thread Quality

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Are you confused about how to place your quilt in a hoop for hand quilting? Have you read the tips for how to "rock" your needle, but it just doesn't make sense?

In this DVD, you will learn:

how to place your quilt in a hoop (I did this wrong for years!)
how to hold your needle
how to guide your needle through the quilt layers
your choices of quilting needles
your choices of quilting hoops

And, you can watch as many times as you want to, conveniently on your TV or computer.

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In our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation with Bob Purcell, President of Superior Threads, we asked:

Is there really a difference in the quality of thread and how can you tell the difference? By just looking, you just look at the thread or do you read the label or check out a brand or is that like the weight of the thread?

Bob’s answer: Reading the label I say “no.” The buzz word in the cotton industry is Egyptian cotton. Well we did a little survey and asked where certain manufacturers get their cotton thread, and one major German company told us first hand that they buy all their cotton out of Romania.

They get the to call it Egyptian cotton so we said well why do you label your thread Egyptian cotton if it’s grown in Romania? And their answer was because Egyptian cotton does not mean made in Egypt. It means it’s that type of fiber or a long staple cotton.

And that’s the unfortunate part in the world because now everybody’s saying Egyptian this and Egyptian that and it doesn’t come out of there. It comes out of China or India or any of many other countries.

In order to tell a good quality of thread, you have to use it and what you’re looking for is strength. How much lint does it throw off? Is there color consistency and if it’s a variegated thread, is the dye job consistent?

To get a copy of the whole interview on CD, go to: http://how-to-quilt.com/superior.php

Happy Quilting!

Penny Halgren

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Penny is a quilter of more than 27 years who seeks to interest new quilters and provide them with the resources necessary to create beautiful quilts.

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