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Author Topic: linen thread  (Read 3188 times)

david32cal

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linen thread
« 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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Offline FG1

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« Reply #1 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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Spotted Bull

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« Reply #2 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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Offline pathfinder

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« Reply #3 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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Offline mario

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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2009, 12:28:52 PM »
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
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