Choose Your Needle and Thread

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Your choice of needie and thread depends on the Iabric you are sewing.

Inyour needle case you wiltlind the lollowing color-coded needles:

Blue (11) ............... for stretch fabrics

Orange {11) ............. tor lightweight tabrics

Red (14) ................ for medium or medium-heavy weight fabrics

Purple (16) .............. for medium-heavy weight and decorative

topstitching on these tabdcs (q'h]sneedle has a

larger thread hole tor thicker topstitching

thread.)

Green (18) .............. for heavy weight fabrics and decorative top-

stitching onthese fabrics

•Check Your Needle

1. Look lora barbed or blunt point.

2. A damaged needle can cause permanent snags or runs in knits, fine silks

and silk-like fabrics.

Always buy good quality thread. Itshould resist tangling and be strong, smooth

and consistent in thickness.

Fabric, Needle, Thread and Stitch Length Chart

NEEDLE
FABRIC
Lightweight:
Batiste, Dimity, Chiffon,
Sitka, Fine Lace. Organza.
Crepe, Tafleta, Voile,
Organdy
Medium Weight:
Cotlon, Cotton Btends,
Percale. Gingham,
Shantung, Pique,
Seersucker, Satin, Knils,
Suifings, Linen,
Wool Crepe, Leather
Medium-heavy Weight:
Corduroy. Denim, Wool
Sailcloth, Wool Flannel,
Gabardine,Velvets,
Leather
Heavyweight;
Coatings Upholstery
CottonDuck, Heavy
Twills, Canvas
Decorative top-stitching
oneli types of fabric
Stretch Fabric:
Polyester Double Knits,
Nylon Tdcot, Jersey,
Stretch Tern/, Spandex,
Cite Tricot
I
SIZE AND
COLOR
11-ORANGE
14-RED
14-RED
or
16-PURPLE
16-PURPLE
IS-GREEN
16-PURPLE
1843REEN
11_ BLUE
(STRETCH
FABRIC
NEEDLE)
THREAD
Polyester Core!Cotton
Wrap
Fine Mercerized Cotton
Silk A
SO Mercerized Cotton
Polyester Core/Cotton
Wrap
Silk A
50Mercerized Cotton
Mercerized Heavy Duty
Polyester Core/Cotton
Silk A
Heavy Duty Mercerized
Polyester Core!Cotton
Silk A
Buttonhole Twist
(Use as top thread only)
Polyester Core/Cotton
W_'ap
50 Mercerized Cotton
RECOMMENDED
STITCH LENGTH
SETTING
2
(12 stitches per
Inch )
2-2,5
[10-12 stitches
per inch)
2-3
(8-10 stitches
per inch)
3
f8 stitches per
Inch )
34
{6-8 stitches
per inch)
2-2.5
(10 12 stitches
per inch)

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