Thinner Thread. Slanted Stitches

[mrtreat32]

Does thinner thread tend to give you more of a angle to your stitching?

I noticed people using thin thread seem to have more of a slanted angle to their stitches. I was wondering if anyone who has used lots of types of thread can comment on this. My stitching is angled but not as much as I would like.

I feel like part of the reason is my thread is filling the holes //// more and creating less of a contrast between the top and bottom of the thread. I am trying to order 632fil au chinois but the only place I know is currently out of the color I am wanting. I would try it out for myself but I only have tiger thread, 432 dil au chinos thread, and some maine thread. Unfortunately the 432 is the thinnest I have on hand.

Trying to determine if this is playing some factor in the stitching before I order a particular size.

thanks

[DavidL]

I would try some bonded nylon for sewing machines they are $10 bucks for thousands of feet tex 270 is .58mm = 532 fil au chinois or Barbours 18/3 = .58 mm.

[mrtreat32]

I would try some bonded nylon for sewing machines they are $10 bucks for thousands of feet tex 270 is .58mm = 532 fil au chinois or Barbours 18/3 = .58 mm.

thanks david. Is there a particular brand you recommend?

[DavidL]

The two I know that are popular for linen are Barours and Somac.

W/ bonded nylon I have never bought any, but have seen on videos some leather workers who use bonded nylon, cotton, or some blend of cotton and linen which

look identical to fil au chinois.

I hear good things about thread exchange.com

[mrtreat32]

Im familiar with Barbours brand for hand sewing though I haven't tried it yet. Are you saying they make a cheaper machine thread as well or thats something entirely different

[DavidL]

As far as I know Barbours only sells thread for hand sewing, they are owned by coats which I believe sells machine thread. Im unsure if they have another brand which utilizes the same plant as Barbours and uses the same threads but finishes them for machine thread - not likely.

Somac I know has machine thread as well as linen thread for hand sewing. Abbeyengland.com has the somac machine thread and hand sewing thread.

I have Fil au chinois and its good thread, but extremely overpriced 3-4 times the cost of Somac or Barbours for black and ecru colours.

It is 2-3 times more expensive than coloured irish linen thread. Thicker machine threads in .58 - .7mm come in a lot of colours and are 90 percent of the quality as Fil au chinois at far less of a cost. I will do more searching around but there is a thread out there thats the best quality and will be 1/3 the cost of Fil au chinois.

[mrtreat32]

Honestly I can't find Barbour except for abbey england and they need me to be signed up for a business account to see the pricing and shipping so not sure how much cheaper it will be than ordering the lin cable.

I have done a bunch of google searches and found a few places in the US carrying it but they are book binding companies and the label appears to be a bit different. I emailed one of them and they said they have never sold it to anyone looking to use it on leather. Im not sure if they carry a bunch of different types and don't want to order the wrong thing.

I just want to have a reliable thread of good quality and be done with it. I have only tried the lin, tiger, and maine.

the tiger and maine are too thick for 9spi IMO so I want something thinner.. which I guess is the barbour but can't find it online.

[LTC]

David - if you'd like to try some #69 machine thread for hand sewing, send me your mailing address and I'll send you some in a few colors to try. It's bonded nylon, but I think I have some bonded polyester in white also.

[LTC]

BTW, I just checked and "Fil au chinois" is French for "Chinese wire". weird.

[DavidL]

I made a random business name and they went through with it. They put down my business tax id as 9999999.

For small orders go with campbell randall.