White 2137 - Needle - Thread - Fabric - Stitching Guide; Fabric and Thread Selection Guide

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Fabric
NEEDLE
- THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE
Machine
Silk
Needle
Stitches Cotton
Mercerized
or
No. Per Inch Thread Thread
Nylon
Extremely
heavy 6
10
tarpaulin, sacking,
4 to to
Heavy Duty
canvas, duck,
etc.
8 30
Heavy upholstery
8
30
fabric,
ticking,
3 to
to Heavy Duty
denim, leatherette
10 40
Medium heavy
drapery 10
40
fabric,
velveteen,
2 to to
Heavy
Duty
suiting, felt, terry, etc.
12 60
Medium broadcloth,
percale, 12 60
gingham,
linen, chintz, taf[eta, 1 to
to 50
A
sheer
wool,
shantung, etc. 14 80
Sheer
voile, lawn, 14 80
dimity,
crepe, 0 to to 50
A
handkerchief linen, 16 100
plastic
film, etc. Plastic film
8 to 10
Very sheer
chiffon,
16 100
batiste,
lace, organdy, 00
to
to 50
A
ninon,
net, marquisette, etc.
20 150
When
doing embroidery work,
finer
results will be obtained
with machine
embroidery thread regardless of the weight of
fabric.
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