Not using Gutermann sewing thread?

You have my sympathy Kate as it sounds like a very nasty reaction.

I got a tiny prick from a rose and ended up with cellulitis just a couple of months ago - not nice. Arm in a sling for 5 days and antibiotics from the tiniest puncture mark that could hardly be seen.

Coats Dual Duty is a line of general sewing thread, not a hand quilting thread.

As far as I am aware, Dual Duty was a nasty hand quilting thread, not

I use C & C, Mettler's, Guttermann, and YLI, depends upon the project and fabric. I, too, Loathe Dual Duty....ugh. i gotta be reeaaall despirate to use D/D.

You girls get better! I know about the wasp stings....my DD is allergic to mosquitoes of all things...we usually have a trip to the Emergency room at least once a summer. Cellulitis is no joke, i had it in both legs two years ago. now have to wear the "granny" stockings....so warm in summer. but poor circulation runs in the family.

amy in CNY

I wear these as well (compression hose), but my latest ones are black, and look very much like black nylons (except they do not ladder like nylons, thank goodness).

me

My Madeira works fine, I don't have any Sylko. But the base of the RA spools is just the tiniest bit too large to fit properly in the thread exchanger of the XL-5000. I e-mailed Singer support, they confirmed that was the case, and said the problem had been addressed when they made changes to the XL-6000 exchanger. They offered to sell me one, said it would fit the XL-5000 and it would take care of the problem. However, for $300 (at that time) I decided I could cut the outer part of the base off of RA spools instead.

Here's a link to a site which sells the XL6000 thread exchanger:

the description confirms what I was told, but the price seems to have come down. Still to much for my budget, mind you.... Beverly

Wishing you a quick recovery, Kate!

Beverly

Wishing you a speedy and complete (this time) recovery, take care.

Beverly

Omigawd, that's ginormous! The reaction is adding insult to injury. Down with stinging wasps! Hope it improves soon!

and the description confirms what I was told, but the price > seems to have come down. Still to much for my budget, mind > you....>

Ahh...OK, I'm safe there. My monster is a 6000. The thread exchanger seems like such a great thing until you start hearing about "well, it has to be this thread and it has to unwind thisaway..." I started out on my POEM with Madeira rayon, then tried the Sylko and loooved it! No fading, no breaking, and I could get it at a good price, plus it looks absolutely great. But apparently it unwinds the wrong way for the thread exchanger. *sheesh*

> and the description confirms what I was told, but the> > price seems to have come down. Still to much for my > > budget,> > mind you....

The thread does have to come off the cone/spool clockwise (viewed from overhead). When I first found the problem with the RA cones, I put them on upside-down and they seemed to work fine, but the re-winding feature will not work when they're loaded that way, so now I just remove part of the plastic.

I'll have to look into Sylko.

Beverly

I get it from Lou Childs at Down Home Dreams.

met Lou through the POEM list, and even met her and got to attend a seminar she held in Alameda on her Great Trip around the country. What a kick! I wish I knew just a teensy bit of what she knows about machine embroidery, and she is very generous with her knowledge. NAYY and all that.

Hmmm, good prices, but I cannot locate either black or white in the Sylco individual cones. I'll keep poking around.

Beverly

They have it, also bobbin thread. Suggest you call and talk to them. It's a mother and daughter owned shop with a couple of employees to boot, and everyone is very close. Very helpful.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Beverly

Let me know how it goes. After recommending them, I would like to hear that they dazzle you with their quick, friendly service. ;-)

I will! This is the second sting this year: the earlier one came up all nasty like this, but much smaller (total swelling the area of my hand) so wjhen this came up so much more, and just kept going, it went to the hospital. They said I need to be careful in future as they couldn't rule out ever more violent reactions. Hm... Don't really want to need to carry an EPI pen for the rest of my life, but I will if I have to!

My mum had cellulitis a couple of times, so I know what it can be like. Hence my great care!

Hm... Not the same stuff I've seen here at all, and not what I have, which looks like part of the same range as it's called Dual Duty Plus Hand Quilting Thread. It *is* very horrible to use... The only Coats threads sold anywhere I found in the UK were this stuff, Sylco (which was nice, but not quite as lovely for garment making as the new Coats Cotton), and Drima, The Nighmare Twisted Knotty Thread from Hell! :D And it wasn't consistent, either... Some colours were almost ok, some impossible, and you could never tell which was going to be what until you started sewing with it. It's the only thread you can guarantee will pucker seams, and I'll be glad to see the back of it. I'll try the new one, but on something that doesn't matter too much. Usually I was happier to use Moon or something dirt cheap and unbranded!