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Hi, I'm Cynthia Mann and we're here today at Birch Fabrics in Paso Robles, California.
This is also the home of Fabricworm.com. Hi, I'm Melissa Lunden; I'm the resident seamstress
here at Birch Fabrics. I teach sewing lessons here, prepare blog tutorials and sew samples
of Birch's line of organic cotton. And I am here today to talk to you about sewing. So
let's talk about choosing sewing machine thread. The general rule is to use the same time of
thread as the fabric that you're using. If you're sewing with 100% cotton material, you
use 100% cotton thread. Same goes with a polyester, or a lightweigh silk. There are special types
of thread for denim, there are special types of thread for very lightweight fabrics. You
just wanna keep it consistent. My next suggestion is, stay away from the cheaper threads. They
fray, they tangle. You can try them out. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. My last suggestion
is that your sewing machine might actually have a preference. I've tried a bunch of different
threads, and there's 1 brand that just works for my machine better than others. So, be
creative. Feel free to try different ones out, and see what works best for you.