Aurifil Quilt Patchwork and Embroidery Threads

Gosh how time flies when you are procrastinating……..

I want to share a lovely little story:

A couple of weeks ago I finally got round to join Facebook and within a few days I had quite a few friends, mostly people I already know from the quilting world, which is how I prefer it. Then one day a man I had never heard of wanted to be my friend?!? What had I let myself in for………… It turned out that we had several mutual friends in the quilting world and that he is the head of Aurifil Quilt Patchwork and Embroidery Threads in Milan and sponsor of many quilt shows. So I was happy to let Alex Veronelli be my friend, he was merely networking ;O)

In Facebook you can be a ‘fan’ of something or someone, and Alex asked me to be a ‘fan’ of Aurifil Quilt Patchwork and Embroidery Threads - which I promptly did. After a couple of hours I thought, hang on, this is a brand of threads I have never heard of, nor tried, how can I recommend that?

So I wrote Alex and asked if he would send me a little sample pack, so I could try them out and he kindly agreed.

But I never expected this:

This is what I received - wow - a big thanks Alex, I’m really looking forward to trying them out……… At the moment I’m working on some quilts in other colours (for quilt show and a magazine, so I can’t show them on my blog just yet), but I will try them out soon. Yummy, yummy colours - the chart on the wall is for the cottons and the one standing behind the reel holder (my own) for the wool/acrylic.

Four different sizes cotton (3 of each)

#50/2 the size I normally use for piecing (top row)

#40/2 for quilting smaller quilts [journal quilts, little germs, etc] (middle row, left)

#28/2 that’s interesting, I usually use a #30, so this will be slightly thicker (middle row, right)

#12/2 that is quite thick, and might only work from the bobbin, so the quilting must be done from the back. Haven’t tried this before. (bottom row, left)

One 50%wool/50%acrylic (3 of each)

#12/2 - not quite sure what this is for? (bottom row, right)

Although it isn't so "green", I like the fact that they are covered in a thin layer of plastic - but would have prefered the plastic reels to have been made of card instead.

If you are on facebook, you can find Alex Veronelli here, and the Aurifil Threads here, where Alex gives some wonderful guided tours of the factory - much fun!

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Why do I show you a picture of some empty tissue boxes and an empty loo-roll (toilet paper roll)?

First of all - they are not empty at all. It is all about recycling........ the tissue boxes double up as bins (trash cans to you over there ;O)) - very handy when you have the quilt group around or by the sewing machine, armchair etc. The empty loo-roll is covered in ducktape and has a little opening at the top - this is where I can safely dispose of any sharp objects, such as needles, pins and cutting blades.