Members HippieLee Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 I was interested in your question so I started googling (because I'm still so new I don't even know what all these thread names are) and thought it was interesting when I found this image that I think shows exactly what you are asking: I found it at this site: http://www.fineleatherworking.com/linen-thread and I know absolutely nothing about it other than this image. I have only hand sewn anything but the only thread I;ve used so far is the stuff I got at Tandy. I love findng out there is a large world of colors and sizes out there and that picking the different ones gives different effects. Quote
electrathon Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 Oregon leather in Portland has Barbours linen in pretty big spools for machine sewing. Wax it up and it makes great hand sewing thread. Quote
Members DavidL Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) BTW, I just checked and "Fil au chinois" is French for "Chinese wire". weird.Fil au chinois was actually made by the chinese as they also made fine silk and things of that nature at that time, and still today.Oregonleatherco doesnt stock any barbours, is it only available in store? Edited May 30, 2014 by DavidL Quote
electrathon Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 Oregonleatherco doesnt stock any barbours, is it only available in store?I don't think the Portland store has the website, I think that is Eugene. I always just go to the store. Call and ask for it, I know it is there. They have both white and black. Big spools, it will last you a lifetime of hand sewing. Talk to Abdul. Aaron Quote
Members mrtreat32 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 I don't think the Portland store has the website, I think that is Eugene. I always just go to the store. Call and ask for it, I know it is there. They have both white and black. Big spools, it will last you a lifetime of hand sewing. Talk to Abdul. Aaron thanks will give them a call tomorrow Quote
Members mrtreat32 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 I was interested in your question so I started googling (because I'm still so new I don't even know what all these thread names are) and thought it was interesting when I found this image that I think shows exactly what you are asking: I found it at this site: http://www.fineleatherworking.com/linen-thread and I know absolutely nothing about it other than this image. I have only hand sewn anything but the only thread I;ve used so far is the stuff I got at Tandy. I love findng out there is a large world of colors and sizes out there and that picking the different ones gives different effects. I have ordered off that site multiple times and not sure I have seen that pic. cool comparison of the sizes. So when I got home from work I had a sample card with thread colors and sizes from maine thread company and on it was a tiny sample of the .20 size thread so I cut it off the card and used what tiny bit I could to try and sew a few stitches...was pretty funny trying to pierce this tiny thread and sew with it (was maybe 2 inches). I got about 4 stitches and they definitely look closer to what I was going for. Much more slanted since they arent filling the holes are tightly. Looks more like a machine stitch or closer to a hermes type pattern than I was getting with the thicker thread.. so I think I need to size down if I want to get that look consistently! Quote
Members Reginald Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 Fil au chinois was actually made by the chinese as they also made fine silk and things of that nature at that time, and still today. Oregonleatherco doesnt stock any barbours, is it only available in store? I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but the Fil au Chinois thread that is being discussed here has been manufactured in France since 1847. The only thing Chinese about it is the name and artwork. Quote
Members DavidL Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 The company was a chinese brand and was bought out by a french man. I read it from an article some time ago. Quote
Members Macca Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 The company was a chinese brand and was bought out by a french man. I read it from an article some time ago. Fil au Chinois was registered as a brand (so, a trademark in modern terms) in 1847, the name, figure & the rest of the branding was made up (hence the very European looking figure), it wasn't bought from anywhere. Anything oriental was fashionable at that time in France, made up or not, the parent company (PH Vrau & Cie) had started producing thread in Lille 20 years earlier. Fil au Chinois was the brand/product line that became hugely successful for them. Quote
Members DavidL Posted May 30, 2014 Members Report Posted May 30, 2014 okay, must of read it wrong. Anyone has a good supplier of tex 270 thread in many colours thats good quality. Quote
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