Bill, Try: YLI No. 7 Blue Jean Gold (Jeans top stitching range) or Gutterman Orange shade 350, top stitch thread 6000m of red/orange levi's jeans topstitching thread for $28! Gutterman carry jean's top stitching threads in a variety of colours, but I can't find a chart for them…
Read the full replyI'm making some bags of new denim and want to sew them with orangish thread to mimic Levi's. Being color blind, I'm in trouble and don't even own a pair to drag to the store to show a clerk for a match. Anybody researched this? I can't find a reference no. w/google, either.
Like to get a pantone number or a thread color/number in Madeira Aerofil, Mettler, or some other polyester thread. Maybe I'm overthinking this (per usual) and any old orange would do? Thanks for any advice. JPBill
The original Coats & Clark "Jeans" thread is usually pretty close. Since you don't need to match a pair of jeans, that would work just fine. It's a gold/orange color. (I'm good at telling what color things are. My DFIL is also color blind. We coach him through matching things. ;) )
Now, I think that thread is either cotton or cotton/poly. But for any topstitching you do on the bags, it would look the most like jeans.
Sharon
Bill,
Try:
YLI No. 7 Blue Jean Gold (Jeans top stitching range)
or Gutterman Orange shade 350, top stitch thread
- sorry! They certainly have a variety of shades that look just like the RTW top stitch thread on jeans.
HTH
Sarah
Do you want the heavy topstitching thread? If so:
Kay
Kay, thanks to you and others who put me on the right track. I'm "in business" again. JPBill
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