Dionne Swift takes a comprehensive look at threads, including weight, colour, quality and material.
Taster: Part 3. Selecting the Right Threads with Dionne Swift
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Description
Dionne Swift continues her Sensational Sewing Seminar Series with a class exploring thread choices.
Describing threads as the strings for the orchestra. She looks at how the right threads make the sewing experience sweeter.
There are tips on selecting the quality thread from your stash. How to tell if the thread quality is poor. And the differences between cotton, polyester, viscose, rayon and mixed threads.
Emphasising that a stable, quality and reliable thread will support sensational sewing with your machine.
Dionne talks through the different weights of thread and shows how they look on the fabric.
How cotton thread has a matt finish compared with a Rayon thread having a shiny finish.
All having an impact on the finish to your machine embroidery.
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About the Tutor
Dionne paints with stitches to create dynamic, vibrantly coloured textiles. Her needle becomes her pen and thread her ink. The scale, emotion, and energy of her landscapes are inspirational.
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