Perle Cotton Anyone?

[lyric]

Sew, as you know I've only begun quilting about three weeks ago, right. In my reading I stumbled upon way cool info. about using perle cotton in the quilting process. Okay, did I die and go to heaven? I love, love color (as if you didn't know) and it seems perle cotton will make a quilt sing!!!! I hope to amass a heapa bunch of it for my projects.

What about you? Does the pop factor of perle cotton call you from near and far? Any fans of quilting with perle cotton in the house?

Namaste,

[Bubby]

Blondie, our resident Sunshine Girl and folk artist, hand quilts with Perle Cotton #8 most of the time. You might want to pick her brain about the pros and cons.

[HandsOffItsMine]

Barb, you beat me to it! Yes, Blondie is the Queen of Quilting with Perle Cotton #8. Love, love how she does her hand quilting.

[lyric]

Ooooowwww, can't wait to see, meet her! Might have to be tomorrow, but I'm gonna get on it.

Thanks, gals. ;-)

[Lindagie]

I think it depends on the look that you want for your quilt. I just did a baby quilt using perle cotton #8. I loved doing it without a hoop or thimble; loved the colors and how it looks. I am about to start a second one after Christmas. I don't know much else about it; just got some info from Blondie, looked at the ones she did (on her albums) and went for it. I used it on some mug rugs and love them too.

[Annav]

I like to use perle cotton when quilting crazy quilts, but never thought about using them in traditional quilts. They do make the embroidery stitches pop on crazy quilts.

[Blondie]

Perl Cotton #8 - oh yeah, my only way to hand quilt. I don't do any fancy small stitches any longer because, well, I can't. So, I decided several years ago that if I was gonna hand stitch, I would flaunt it. A few years later, I saw online that others are flaunting it as well. Sigh. Always been a head of my time. I think I have a few pics in my albums that show my big old stab stitching.

Pros = love the look and feel. I make all my COC's with them and sometimes just mix all the colors up in one wild colorful jumble.
Sometimes just white perl cotton is the perfect touch.

Cons = with my constant friend, Arthur, it can hurt like heckfire shoot to pull through all the sandwiching. To help pull the needle through, I cut up those rubbery drawer liners into squares or circles and grab the needle. Voila! I tried finger cots but could never find any that fit my fingers good enough to keep from slipping. BUT! One day while sitting in the ER recently, I discovered that I left my "pullers" at home. So, I lifted a pair of gloves off the wall and cut the fingers off. Used them and let me say I felt brilliant. Worked like a charm. Gripped the needle firmly and easily pulled through.

[lyric]

Well lady, ain't you the cat's meow. These are wonderful suggestions, all. So sorry you had to be in the ED to discover the best one that worked for you; that sucks.

You go 'head, lady who is ahead of her time. I am so glad you are a presence here.

Oh, and ya friend "Artha" as we affectionately call him in my culture . . . yeah, he's trying to visit over here too. I ain't giving in ESPECIALLY with being new to quilting .

Perl Cotton #8 - oh yeah, my only way to hand quilt. I don't do any fancy small stitches any longer because, well, I can't. So, I decided several years ago that if I was gonna hand stitch, I would flaunt it.

Cons = with my constant friend, Arthur, it can hurt like heckfire shoot to pull through all the sandwiching. To help pull the needle through, I cut up those rubbery drawer liners into squares or circles and grab the needle. Voila! I tried finger cots but could never find any that fit my fingers good enough to keep from slipping. BUT! One day while sitting in the ER recently, I discovered that I left my "pullers" at home. So, I lifted a pair of gloves off the wall and cut the fingers off. Used them and let me say I felt brilliant. Worked like a charm. Gripped the needle firmly and easily pulled through.

[Sandy Navas]

Cons = with my constant friend, Arthur, it can hurt like heckfire shoot to pull through all the sandwiching. To help pull the needle through, I cut up those rubbery drawer liners into squares or circles and grab the needle. Voila! I tried finger cots but could never find any that fit my fingers good enough to keep from slipping. BUT! One day while sitting in the ER recently, I discovered that I left my "pullers" at home. So, I lifted a pair of gloves off the wall and cut the fingers off. Used them and let me say I felt brilliant. Worked like a charm. Gripped the needle firmly and easily pulled through.

And then she took another pair and pulled out her magic marker, blew the gloves full of air and decorated them thusly:

[MartinaG]

I just got a book by the Australian quilter Sarah Fielke who uses Perle Cotton. Check out the youtube:
Hand Quilting With Perle Cotton with Sarah Fielke, Quilting Instructor for Craftsy.com - YouTube