by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

I know that you are supposed to use the same thread in the bobbin as in the top, but don't know about what to with with variegated thread.

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Comments (9)

by nglover1 27 Oct 2008

I always use the same on the bottom for FSL A flower for you

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

*4u2

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by meganne 27 Oct 2008

I like the way by using both, top and bottom, I couldn't tell the back from the front. Now having said that, it could be really nice having a plain colour on the flip side.
One thing to watch for is thickness of the variegated thread, mine was not the standard embroidery ... (heavens the word has disappeared), thickness, gauge, oh you know what i mean!, so my project turned out thicker and more rigid than it should have.
Yes i'm having a brain overload! LOL!
hugs n roses, M

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by misscharlie 27 Oct 2008

um weight? 40wt?

by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

lol, Don't feel lonely. I lose the words all too often. It just shows that we are all human. Sometimes I'm way too human. lol Thanks for your reply. *4u

by meganne 28 Oct 2008

Yup! That's it! Weight. no wonder I forgot it, somehow doesn't really seem appropriate for thread, does it? I mean knitting and crochet yarns go by Ply, don't they????
So how does a little spool of thread measure 40 wt? 40 ounces, 40 grams, 40 pounds, 40 kilograms, see what i mean?
I've been sewing over 55 years and don't know, so, can anyone answer how this way of measuring thread thickness came about???
hnr, M

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by lbrow 27 Oct 2008

Always use the same on bottom as on top when doing FSL *4U

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

Thanks so much. :-) *4u

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by sherylac 27 Oct 2008

Hello, and I am the same as everyone else, top and bottom thread always the same colour. have fun with it, *4u

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

Thanks, I always like it when everyone agrees. :-) *4u

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by cordura5 27 Oct 2008

The only time I used varigated in FSL, it didn't turn out varigated looking. It all just kind of blended together and made a different shade of pink.

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

That is what I was afraid of by using the same on top and bottom. I'm going to do it the way the experts say though. *4u

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by blhamblen 27 Oct 2008

Have to agree with the other three..I'm a poet and don't U know it :) HAHAHAH

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

My mother would add...your feet show it, they're Longfellows. hahaha *4u

by toet 28 Oct 2008

I'm toet could i be a poet? he he *4U

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by shirlener88 27 Oct 2008

Donna, you alway use the same thread in the bobbin as you do on top for any FSL design.

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

Well, You make it the 3rd one to have the same answer. It has got to be right. I'm so glad I asked. Thanks so much. *4a

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by clawton 27 Oct 2008

I used varigated on top and bottom.

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

I definitely wouldn't have thought that to be the way to do it.

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by misscharlie 27 Oct 2008

I've only did one variegated FSL and used the same thread in bobbin

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by grannyo 27 Oct 2008

Thanks, I was going to do this without asking, but I was going to use the lighter of the colors in the variegated thread. I thought the varigation would clash with itself. lol

by misscharlie 27 Oct 2008

I don't know how but mine matched up.

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