Sewing with Thread
A quilter sews her quilts together with thread. But the best quilter’s use many different kinds of thread to sew, piece, quilt, and decorate with.
There are nearly as many different thread types as there are reasons to use each one. On this page you will find tutorials, product reviews, articles, and more on thread and the many ways we sew with thread.
Latest Articles on Thread
Freewheeling With Free Motion Quilting
Free motion quilting is a lot of fun, and it can be right for a lot of different fabric art and quilting projects. Learn how to free motion quilt quickly…
Variegated Threads for Quilters – Oh, the Wonderful Variations of You
Adding Possibilities to Your Fabric Art Projects with Variegated Threads When you go into any quilt store they have racks of the most gorgeous thread colors ever! And they’re always coming up with new and better types of thread. A Thread to Rule Them All Of all the choices available to me, my very favorite … Read more
All That Glitters is…Metallic Thread
A Comprehensive Guide to Working With Metallic Threads Metallic threads are a wonderful, if frequently frustrating, addition to the world of quilting. Here we’ll talk about: Why we love metallic thread How to overcome the problems metallic threads cause And what types are available Metallic threads are the quilting world’s glittery accessories, and they provide … Read more
Highlighting with Black Thread
Have you ever looked at a spool of solid black thread and either thought it was the most boring thing in the world, or that it could only have limited applications? After all, how much can you really do with solid black thread? It turns out there’s a lot of things that black thread is … Read more
Blending with Beige
Do you know what the most boring color ever is? Beige! What do you wear when you want to disappear in a crowd? Beige! When you are sewing seams and you don’t want the thread to show through on the front, and you want it to appear that there’s really nothing holding the whole thing … Read more