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Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: david32cal on December 04, 2009, 10:05:14 AM

Title: linen thread
Post by: david32cal on December 04, 2009, 10:05:14 AM

where is the best place to get linen thread at a reasonable price for sewing both cloth and leather,and what size thread do you recommend for each...thanks

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Post by: FG1 on December 04, 2009, 10:50:19 AM

Oregon Leather has Barbours Flax stitching cord in 5 cord that needs waxed and burnished with bees wax for habd stitching leather.
Walmart has hemp thread for stitching cloth in craft section .

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Post by: Spotted Bull on December 04, 2009, 11:00:04 AM

I go to Hobby Lobby and get my waxed linen thread from the necklace making section...pretty cheap too.

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Post by: pathfinder on December 04, 2009, 11:41:57 AM

Don't have a Hobby Lobby up here,I go to Wally World.in the crafts section. Come's in black brown and white for @ $1.75 a pack,and it is waxed. I always pick up a couple of packs when I go there.

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Post by: mario on December 04, 2009, 12:28:52 PM

http://www.wmboothdraper.com (http://www.wmboothdraper.com)

Using their scarlet for my new jacket.



Silver Shuttle
yarns@bellsouth.net

I used her medium weight linen thread to stitch a tomahawk sling and a knapsack last week.

Mario