Hand Quilting Using Perle Cotton

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Hand quilting using perle cotton.

Size 8 is equivalent to 3 strands of embroidery floss. Pearl cotton thread is a heavy weight lustrous thread that has many uses including hand quilting embroidery cross stitch crochet friendship bracelets and more. Perle cotton big stitch quilting sometimes referred to as utility quilting is a method of hand quilting that uses longer stitch lengths 1 4 and thicker threads most commonly 8 perle cotton. Thanks for leaving a nice comment on my hand quilting tutorial.

The technique is the same but you take longer stitches and you get to use prettier thread. See more ideas about hand quilting perle cotton quilts. I use a fons and porter utility needle for hand quilting with perle cotton. I also have a local quilt shop that carries a selection of colors.

75 yds 10 grams per spool. I would use a 7 or 8 sized eye for quilting cotton and a 4 for perle cotton. These needles were specifically designed for big stitch quilting. The perle thread is rounded and full and doesn t like being squashed into an embroidery shaped eye so i use a sharps number 4 and my favourite brand is millward who do a nice thin needle some of the other brands like pony produce a really thick heavy needle to go.

I like to stitch with size 8 perle. It s much easier to use proper quilting techniques when you have the quilt in a hoop and your hands are free to stitch rather than holding onto the layers. Hand quilting with perle cotton is essentially the same thing as hand quilting with quilting weight thread. Feb 9 2016 explore zane jacks s board hand quilting with perle cotton followed by 159 people on pinterest.

No pulling apart tangled strands of embroidery floss. I buy some of my perle cotton online usually on etsy but if you google you will find other options.