3 great uses for Eleganza thread TM
The thread is offered in 100 different colors ranging from saturated solids to subtle tone-on-tone and random dyed contrasting variegates. According to the website, it’s perfect for hand work or embellishment projects, it’s especially good for wool applique, hand embroidery and sashiko. My interest has been piqued!! WonderFil Threads – Eleganza Available in 100 colors in the WonderFil color line and 90 colors in the Sue Spargo color line, Eleganza™ is a perfect match for your next hand work or embellishment project. A couple weeks ago WonderFil sent me a selection of their Eleganza thread and I can’t wait to try it out. According to the WonderFil website Eleganza is a 2-ply 100% long staple Egyptian cotton thread, double-gassed and mercerized. WonderFil’s website says that the process of double gassing involves burning off the lint from the thread two times, resulting in a much softer and cleaner finish.The result is a wonderfully smooth and lustrous surface that allows the thread to glide beautifully through all types of fabrics and fibers. The thread’s tight twist creates beautifully firm stitches while its surface sheen produces a luxurious finish to embellishment stitchery.
The Sue Spargo collection When I was at Quilt Market in Houston in October I met Sue Spargo in her booth. I’ve always loved her heavily embroidered wool applique projects and patterns and we bought a couple copies of her book to bring home with us. CREATIVE STITCHING BOOK by Sue Spargo Sue’s book Creative Stitching includes step by step concise written instructions, along with clear illustrations, for 50 of Sue’s favorite stitches. Included are close up, color, photographic examples of each of the stitches used. The beginning of Creative Stitching gives you a detailed look into the needles and threads Sue uses, and throughout the book are never before seen color photographs of Sue’s work. ‘Creative Stitching’ is spiral bound'.
Christine Baker
I’ve been reading through the book and trying out some of her stitches, so I was especially excited to see that WonderFil has a whole line of Eleganza threads that Sue has designed. WonderFil Sue Spargo Collection WonderFil™ has teamed up with Sue Spargo, author, teacher, embroidery expert and artist, to bring you a new line of colors in our Eleganza™, Razzle™, and Dazzle™ thread lines! These colors have been selected by Sue Spargo to offer an array of beautiful and inspirational choices, including variegated colors that are only available in her line. Wool applique I LOVE wool applique and had lots of fun a couple years ago using WonderFil’s Razzle and Dazzle threads to make projects such as this little table runner that I made for Valentine’s this year as well as the table runner that I made for my first blogging week on QUILTsocial back in June 2014. The Razzle and Dazzle threads looked AMAZING on the wools but I did have some trouble with the threads fraying as I kept stitching with them. A little thread conditioner worked wonders to fix that problem, but I have a feeling that I’m not going to have issues like that with the Eleganza threads.
Photos by Christine Baker
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