Have You Tried Stitching with Superior Threads?

The crafty team at Superior Threads recently reached out to me to see if I'd be interested in trying their line of thread. As someone who loves trying new supplies, I was eager to say yes and give their threads a go.

When I teach embroidery workshops, attendees often ask about types of embroidery thread. In my classes and embroidery kits, I use DMC, because it's what's available at most craft stores in the US, it comes in a wide selection of colors, and it's colorfast (meaning the colors shouldn't bleed when wet.)

In my personal work, I love exploring different thread options. While 6-strand cotton is pretty common in the needlework world, there are also silk threads, variegated threads, naturally dyed threads, and so many other fun thread possibilities out there.

If you're first starting with hand embroidery, the 6-strand cotton thread is a good place to start, because it's inexpensive and most craft stores have some variation of this thread. But that doesn't mean you have to use it. The beauty of hand embroidery is that you can stitch with pretty much anything.

About Superior Threads

Superior Threads is a thread company that was started in the late 1990s by Bob and Heather Purcell. It sprung up from Heather's love of quilting and has grown into a well-known quilting and sewing thread brand. Over the years they have expanded to include a wide variety of thread for hand sewing and machine quilting as well as notions.

One of the things I found really helpful about Superior Threads is that their website is full of educational information regarding their threads and notions. It makes learning about their products easy and me feel more comfortable in trying something new.

Stitching with Superior Threads

To test out the threads shared with me from Superior Threads, I drew an under water scene. I was feeling inspired by coral and the pastel thread colors they shared with me.

Unlike traditional hand embroidery thread, Superior Threads are on spools. This means that the thread is individually wrapped around the spool and you don't have to separate it. Great if you hat separating the thread, but also annoying if you want varying weights of thread, such as 2, 3, or 4 strands of thread.

For my project, I used a few different weights of thread to see how they stitched together. This meant I had to measure out each length individually and then thread them together. Thankfully the thread stuck together nicely and it wasn't challenging to keep them even while stitching. I did use a little thread gloss because I wanted to make sure the threads stuck together evenly when I first started stitching, but found it wasn't much of an issue as I got into the project.

The PIMA Pastel thread was lovely to stitch with and stitched with even tension throughout my project. It felt different than stitching with traditional 6-strand cotton thread, however, it wasn't a bad different, just less bounce in the thread.

My Overall Thoughts on Superior Threads

Overall, I loved stitching with Superior Threads. Getting used to the spool vs. the skein was a little weird at first, but in the end, I found a system that worked well for me and made it easy to measure my thread as needed.

The 6-spool set of PIMA Pastel thread retails for $74.99 on the Superior Threads website. While this might sound expensive, each spool of thread is 1200 yards which is equal to about 23 skeins of 6-strand cotton embroidery thread. If I did my math correctly, you actually get more thread for your money with the box set than you would if you bought individual skeins of thread.

Much like other thread companies, Superior Threads has a wide selection of threads to choose from. They aren't specifically made for hand embroidery, more machine sewing and machine embroidery, but that doesn't mean you can't use them to hand sew too. Because their threads are intended to be used in garments and quilts, they're high quality and colorfast, meaning the colors won't bleed when washed.

The next time you're looking to try hand sewing, will you try Superior Threads?

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