I would love to sew with metallic thread too. You ladies lost me with at the packing peanut, Sewers Aid, and how you thread your machine when your spoon holder puts your thread sideways.

Wow, I woulda been lost if it weren't for jrob. I thank you for clearing that up. I never knew you could get the liquid silicon. Haven't seen any of those packing peanuts for some time. TY *4U

You can sew with the spool horizontal, I just take my hand sewing needle, thread the metallic thread through it, then stick it through a packing peanut. I then pull the loose end of the metallic thread through the peanut and start threading my machine with it. When I have completed threading my machine, I pull the packing peanut up to the machine, where the thread FIRST begins into the sewing machine. That stops the Phone cord twisting and breaking of the metallic thread. Sewers aid is a liquid silicone that I use on the thread to make it slicker. It doesn't stain or remain anywhere I have ever found it. It comes in a bottle like fray check and can be purchased where notions for sewing are bought. Did that help clear up your confusion?

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by shirlener88 10 Apr 2008

My my my - I think that I am lost with this one - where does the packing peanut stay - sit - perch - belong? How does it stay put? And exactly where is it, above the spool of thread and how would it stay there?

by dkjack 10 Apr 2008

Thanks jrob but I am still lost. I will try and find a picture of the peanut and article on the liquid silicone. Guess I'm just slow on this uptake. :)