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From: blackie
Date: 06-27-2007, 06:20 PM (1 of 9)
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My mom and I have been making jeans for my daughter. The last pair she made, she used an orange thread that was high-quality but I believe it was meant for fine work; a couple seams are now falling apart. What is the thread and methods to using a thicker thread for topstitching and construction? see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
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From: MartySews2
Date: 06-28-2007, 03:28 PM (2 of 9)
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For sewing jeans, I use denim jeans thread. You can purchase it in different colors and it works great. Marty 
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User: MartySews2
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From: lendube
Date: 06-28-2007, 05:42 PM (3 of 9)
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I've used it with success also. You might try a topstitching needle as well. It's got a larger eye so it threads and feeds easier. Lennie |
User: lendube
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From: Skye
Date: 06-29-2007, 04:23 AM (4 of 9)
| Upolstery sp? or heavy duty thread gutterman I thnk so I cant check as not near my sewing stuff |
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From: mommydionne
Date: 06-29-2007, 08:00 PM (5 of 9)
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I've bought the denim thread, gold stuff, but I find it a bit heavy in the bobbin, so I will put regular guterman etc in the bobbin and the heavy duty stuff on the top, not sure how that would last in the long run, Personally I prefer the guterman topstitching thread, it comes in a couple of dozen colours and makes a nice seam on denim. Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
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From: blackie
Date: 06-30-2007, 10:35 PM (6 of 9)
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Hello, First off, thank you for your tips! I went to Canvasworks (http://www.canvasworks.net/) with my mom yesterday. I found two colors of topstitching thread - a navy blue and a gold (for jeans). I bought the gold and some topstitching needles as well. I also bought a maroon upholstery thread. All these threads were Guttermans. I think I paid more than I should because this store is high-priced. However THANKS to you lovely people I had a basis to go looking. mommydione, what do you mean "heavy in the bobbin"? How do you notice? Um, I also bought lots of OTHER stuff, whee!
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User: blackie
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 07-01-2007, 11:44 AM (7 of 9)
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I found the same as mommydionne. What it means is that this thicker topstitching thread drags quite a bit through the bobbin case. I never did manage to adjust the bobbin tension well enough to make even stitches without loopy stitches and rats-nests under the plate. So I went and asked at the shop where I bought the thread, and they told me it's meant for use as a top thread, with standard-weight thread in the bobbin. I wouldn't worry about its strength, b/c it's being used decoratively in this case, after the construction has already been completed. ...Now there is an art form involving the use of fashion threads of all sizes in the bobbin case--The fabric is turned face-down and stitched in all kinds of ways, then you turn it over and the bobbin threads are the feature. Don't know what it's called, but when you do this it's recommended that you buy extra bobbin cases so that you never have to fiddle with the tension in your regular sewing bobbin case. Mess with that, and you'll find yourself wanting to buy a whole new machine! 
Andrea
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User: AndreaSews
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From: plrlegal
Date: 07-01-2007, 11:21 PM (8 of 9)
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Andrea it's actually called bobbin work and you're right they either advise bypassing the tension spring on the bobbin or buying a second bobbin case just for that specific function. I need to purchase a second bobbin case for my 2056 to use for specialty quilting threads but man $65.00 seems like an awful lot of money. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: mommydionne
Date: 07-02-2007, 09:08 PM (9 of 9)
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like Andrea said, the bobbin thread was loopy, not a nice stitch, now I have an alternate bobbin case for heavier threads but have not used it yet, I would like to try bobbin work some of it is amazing,
Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
Member since: 01-08-2004 Total posts: 838
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