-=> Quoting Teresa Herman to Shauna Charron <=-
 TH> rayons.  I have gone through about 5 spools of it in the last 6 
 TH> months.  I try to buy sulky when it is 40% off, or 50% off, so I don't
 TH> feel  like I am paying too high a price for it.  
     Have you heard of Madira?  A fabric store owner told me that this 
     was good thread too.  
 One thing with it, you
 TH> definately  need to drop your tension by a couple of notches.  My
 TH> normal setting is 6 and  I drop it to 4 (occasionally as low as 1 or
 TH> two if using a metallic).  
     I will have to remember that.  I will be using metallic thread for
     my tree skirt quilting.  
 Using  Sewer's Aid helps too.  I have been
 TH> told by my Bernina dealer that it is ok to use it on the spool, in fact
 TH> in one class she applied it to my spool herself. 
     I haven't heard of this before.  But then I am not using different
     threads like the rayons.  Does this help to keep the thread from
     fraying and breaking?
 SC>      P.S.  Got your star block - very pretty.  Danielle
 TH> really likes it. I am glad that it arrived safely.  Do you think she
 TH> will get interested in  piecing?
     Yes she probably will.  Though she is only 6, we have already made
     a skirt together.  I helped her to hold the fabric as she sewed the
     seams.  She was proud of her skirt.  :)  So quilting will come
     naturally.  She can help sew some of her blocks with my help.
     ttyl  Shauna
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