More playing -

 

 

With some "new" thread - 

 

And some "old" thread -

 

Mostly I tested them in the bobbin - 

 

To see how well they played with each other -  

 

I won't bore you with all of the photos I took - 

 

But I found decent settings for all of them - 

 

With NO thread breaks - YAY!! - 

 

And - yes - I wrote them down - LOL - 

 

I thought it was interesting that 3 of them - 

 

All 50 wt - 3 ply - polyester -

 

Could look so different - 

Probably due to the price quality - 

 

The top one is "So Fine - Hot Chilies" - it looks skinny and smooth -

 

The middle one is "Finesse - Thicket Brown" -  it looks a bit fuzzy - 

"Finesse" is the one recommended by the manufacturer - 

The bottom one is "Maxilock - Serger Thread - Black" - it looks fuzzy, too - 

Anyway - 

 

I tested the thread that I want to use on my Imperial Bargello - 

Since I don't have some of them in the colors that I want/need - 

 

Top - Finesse - Thicket Brown - 50 wt - 3 ply - polyester - 

 

Bottom - Maxilock - Black - 50 wt - 3 ply - polyester -

 

And found settings that give me pokies on both the top and bottom - 

 

Which looks pretty balanced to me - LOL - 

After I stitched the sample above I did another test - 

When I was "un-sewing" my Imperial Bargello - 

The bobbin thread was so loose - 

That all I had to do was snip it every couple of inches - 

Snag it in the middle - and pull -

The stitches all came out easily - 

 

So - I took Jack - my seam ripper -

And tried to "un-sew" a couple of stitches - 

I had to do them one at a time on both the top and the bottom - 

So I took that as a good sign - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -