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Mumsnet Discussions: Arts and crafts : Those who embroider, where you you get your thread online? (2 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By samsonara on Wed 03-Dec-08 17:29:44
I'm looking for good quality thread for blanket stitch edges and simple lines but in a shimmery, sheen silky quality. I have some very poor quality, maybe it's cotton, I got from a local cheap shop and it's so annoying as the fibres keeps getting separated and tangled up as it goes through the needle into the fabric, if you know what I mean. Anyway, there are no suitable shops near me, so any online suggestions will be welcome.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By samsonara on Tue 16-Dec-08 11:26:19
I couldn't find any shimmery ones onlines so got the mega pack of ordinary ones from Argos for something like £14.99 for 150 skeins, has good colour mix and is ok.


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