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HAND SEWING TIP
End Metallic Thread Woes

When I sew with metallic gold thread it often frays and breaks. To solve this problem I now thread both the metallic thread and a yellow thread through the same needle. The dual threads give more definition to the stitch and work beautifully.

-- Mary Gibbons


Adapted from Tips department, Threads magazine, April/May 2004 (#112), p. 14.

© 2004 The Taunton Press, Inc.





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