Here is a good guide for guessing how much thread to use for your project - especally for Free Standing Lace ........ more inside
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Thank you Shirlener for this info....very useful and yes, especially for FSL....Sometimes one small spool isn't enough for some pieces. Thx again
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like blocks for a quilt.
33350thanks, Shirlene, this will help me with all my embroidery stuff...including FSL....
15874Extremely useful information Shirlene. Many thanks
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1657Thank You for this information Shirlene. I will keep it for future reference. Lyn
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16434211079Wow this is so cool as i have had so many break downs lately i am just now catching up on all the cute ideas .Thanks There Shirlene :):)Carolyn
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360634Thank you so much for this guide. It will really come in handy. Sue *4U
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463329Shirlene! thank you for this wonderful information very useful Thanks
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24342Shirlene, This is valuable information, thank you. I have sewwhatpro on my computer, it has a tab that shows how much thread is needed for the designs too.
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39739I still use this guide - if I haven't stitched out that design before.
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3457Thanx Shirlene, I hadn't seen this before, si I really appreciate someone kind enough to bring it forward. Hugs, Judy
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92391Thanks for this, I see you posted a long time ago and there are postings from your mother
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2945Thank you so very much - you are a "fountain" of great information. I hope you do not mind I copied and put into a word doc. and filed it in my emb. file. Thanks again. sue *4U
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5924Thank you Shirlener for this info ! Very handy when wondering some times if I have enough thread. I copied and will print it also. *4U
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2758Thanks for the info Sheilener. Now I have an idea as to how much I need to start making FSL - ERic
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12810Thanks great info your experance shows we are waiting for your next tip .now to put ink in printer so I can print this out
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7833Thank you.Always wanted to know that.Friends have asked me hoe much thread I had used for a particular design and I never had a clue.I gave you a flower for that handy piece of info.
27382I must print this, it is a very interessting information
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27608Now when I need this info, I'll just enter "thread" and hopefully it will pop up! You KNOW I'd loose the paper if I wrote it down!
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145791211079Thanks Shirlene. I missed this when you first posted it. Good info! Flower for you.
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145301oh gee thanks shirlene, I REALLY needed this!!! I had somehow missed it so big THANKS to loretta too for bringing it up again :) I want to finish my unfinished projects (including 2quilts) this month so I can then focus on a some fsl experiments cos I have too many that I want to try out :) I was wondering about this in bed last night before falling asleep, boy loretta must have read my mind! its getting kind of scary here lol. flowers for all
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10164I thought I read someone asking about thread info again, so I thought this needed to come back to the top. A flower for you!
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7151Thankyou for the very helpfull information Shirlener88. I have copied and saved it.
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11357For a moment there you had me really worried shirlene, I thought you'd worked all this out in your pretty little head, haha, so pleased to see you didn't! Thanks for the info, very useful, sweetie, hugs and flowers.
13558Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I copied and pasted into a word document. My tips files are growing as fast as my downloads because of what is shared on this site. *4U
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46153Thank You shirlener, This is very helpful info. I had wondered about this before Thank You again Here is a flower for you.
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16513Thank you for that - I should have had it when making my last Easter basket. Probably won't be buying spools like that any more. Thanks for sharing this.
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44904Oh Shirlene, thank you for this guide, I always wanted to know, how many stitches there were in our spools of thread. This is neat, I will put it by my threads. A flower for you and all.
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7151Wow, great, Shirl, thanks!! Now I feel more confident about FSL, not thinking I'll not be able to finish a project because I don't have enough thread.
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by shirlener88
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marji, it takes time - look at the other FSL projects you have finished and know - when you get your thread - you will finish this project - as well. *4U And just so you know, I can see you are coming up on your 2000 flowers in the right column and I am going to help get your a bouquet of flowers, today! Hehehe!
33451Thank you for the info. You are a great help to us all.
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18727Thank you some much for making up this list. I appreciate it a lot. Have always wondered how to work it out. I was scared of starting something and running out of thread before it was finished. Flower for you.
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by shirlener88
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sonje, you are welcome - it was a list that I found online - I use it alot - *4&
3594Thanx for the info i might come in handy * 4 u :)
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5120Guessing how much thread I need:
1 King Cone = 11,000 yds/10,058m* = 1,999,998 stitches**
1 King Cone = 10,000 yds/9,150m = 1,818,180 stitches
1 King Spool = 5,500 yds/5,000m = 1,000,000 stitches
1 King Spool = 3,250 yds/2,972m = 590,908 stitches
1 King Spool = 3,000 yds/2,740m = 545,454 stitches
1 King Spool = 2,500 yds/2,285m = 454,545 stitches
1 Mini-King Spool = 1,100 yds/1,000m = 200,000 stitches
1 Mini-King Spool = 1,000 yds/909m = 181,818 stitches
1 Mini-King Spool = 700 yds/694m = 127,272 stitches
1 Mini-King Spool = 500 yds/455m = 90,909 stitches
1 Mini-King Spool = 400 yds/364m = 72,727 stitches
1 Spool = 330 yds/300m = 60,000 stitches
1 Spool = 250 yds/227m = 45,455 stitches
1 Spool = 200 yds/182m = 36,363 stitches
1 Spool = 100 yds/91m = 18,182 stitches
*Based on .909m per 1yd
**Based on 181.818 stitches per yd
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