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"Thread Heaven" & metallics
On Sep 20, 8:32 am, thistletoes wrote:
On Sep 20, 4:11 am, thistletoes wrote: On Sep 20, 3:27 am, (F.James Cripwell) wrote: Many years ago, the makers of Thread Heaven posted on rctn. I dont know for how long our archives are available, but if anyone knows how to find this exchange, it could be of interest. My main memory is that Thread Heaven is completely safe to use; the Smithsonian uses it. HTH. I'll see if I can bring it up within the archives. I have been amazed at how some of those old group messages still come up, even out on the web. Deborah Following up, I found quite a lot of conversations back to year 2000 as James suggested. However, one post (May 19 2000) by Roni Hennen of Adam Beadworks caught my eye. She talked about life span of floss being 5-25 years and that TH would help with drag. She said, in her very long post, "Take a close look at the last few inches of one of those 2 1/2 yard lengths of floss that we all like to use. All tattered and frayed, a mere shadow of its former self!! Its already gone through the first 75 of its 100 years. Thread Heaven greatly reduces thread drag." Frankly, I couldn't manage a piece of thread 90 " long (2 1/2 yards). I would have it tangled around my toes, the cat and knots and loops everywhere. The most I ever pull off is about 18. I hope Roni was being facetious but I'm not sure. I have samplers that are beyond the 25 year mark and they look as good now as the day I stitched them, all without the benefit of any floss amendment. Of course, they don't get direct sun, I don't smoke and my house air is dry, not moist and moldy. As for taming those metallics and bf, I will give it a try someday when I get to a store that sells it since I see some of you like it. Meantime, I'll try Karen's suggestion as it costs nothing. :-) Deborah I'm intrigued by Karen's suggestion, too. I'll have to give it atry. I've never used Thread Heaven, because it's hard to get here. I use beeswax instead. You can buy it anywhere that carries sewing notions, and it comes in a little plastic disk with slots. It works well to tame metallics, and I've never had a problem with it damaging the threads. The other thing I love it for is when I'm stitching using waste canvas and I have to go through a layer of heavy fabric. It coats the thread so that it doesn't start to wear and it helps the thread slip through really easily, so that the project goes faster. Hope that helps. Louisa |
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