Annie Tremblay

For this project I wanted to focus on textures which would complement so well with the new 8wt Aurifil threads. A wintery textured Maypole was what came to my mind when I received these beautiful threads. After the colorful Holidays I needed a soft palette. I used natural tones of quilting cotton, linen, noil and even double gauze to achieve my vision.

Tips: I like to use Clover gold eye milliner needle in size 3 or 5.

Ben Millett

Ben used three hues of 8wt threads to make five wholecloth mini quilts. Each color was assigned a different quilting direction (angle, straight, curve), with the quilting paths repeated to a certain extent across the five quilts.

Janice Reimer

Some quilts just beg to be hand quilted and this was one of them.

Amelia Ellen

When I was gifted the 8 weight thread I knew I wanted to make something special. I used the glorious 8 weight for the hand quilting details on the vest.

Mariana Diaz

You know the best part about being an Aurifil Artisan? They send me cool stuff to play with to my heart’s content! That means I got my hands on the much-anticipated 8wt thread by Suzy Quilts. The verdict? Awesome! Having worked lots with Aurifloss, this 8wt let me skip pulling the strands apart, instead getting right to snipping and sewing. I found it easier to thread into a needle because it’s super smooth and stays together really well! It would be a bit thick for my sewing machine, but as someone who dreams of having a Sashiko machine, this is the thread I’d want to try on it first! Okay, onto the project. As much as I’ve grown to love embroidery, I’m a quilt designer, so I can’t turn my back on quilting. So this is a marriage of both: a simple patchwork springing to life with these teeny tiny little flowers.

Anorina Morris

The Curvy Cushion was an absolute joy to create. Fabrics were chosen from the stash which worked with the thread colours. The cushion is a made up of drunkard’s path blocks (arranged randomly), machine quilted in the ditch and then big stitch hand quilted using the beautiful Aurifil 8wt cotton thread for added detail and texture.

Tips: The 8wt thread stitched up beautifully without needing any extra thread conditioner. For ease of threading, I used a larger eye needle (eg Chenille #22 or Crewel #7). It really is a lovely thread to stitch with and will be a wonderful sparkly addition for quilters who enjoy adding big stitch quilting to their work.

Vickeidy Plybon

I used my 8wt thread to challenge myself, doing something I’d never attempted before: hand-quilting an entire quilt top. I loved using the 8wt thread—it glided smoothly through my layers, had a nice sheen, and added great texture to my quilt.

Tips: Use thread conditioner to help thread glide smoothly through all layers and help prevent tangling.

Mary Burroughs-Mayer

I am so excited to have been able to play with a few spools of the new Aurifil 8wt Aurifil! The colors chosen by Suzy Quilts are amazing and I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of the collection. I made two whole-cloth quilted pillows using this thread on each. One was stitched by machine, and one by hand. Which is your favorite? Using this thread for hand-quilting is very straight forward, nothing new to report there, besides the fact that it’s lovely to work with. But using this thread in your machine does require some additional precautions and adjustments to prevent major tangles either in your machine or on the back of your project – make sure to check out my blog post for all of my tips and tricks for successfully machine-quilting with this thicker thread!

Tips: Machine Sewing: 1. Denim or topstitch needle – size 100/16, 2. Use a heavier thread weight in the bobbin (40-28 wt.), 3. Increase top tension if needed, 4. Hold top and bottom threads when starting a line of stitching, 5. Stitch SLOWLY, 6. Don’t use your automatic thread cutter.

Candice Odeen

My take on the new 8wt from Aurifil and Suzy Quilts? It’s a winner! Here are my thoughts: 

• I’ve used a couple of other 8wt (think big box and LQS brands) and would rank the new Aurifil at the top. 
• The thread is super silky feeling, but not in a delicate way. It glides through the fabric really nicely, with minimal friction.
• It’s strong! I’ve used other 8wt to hand finish binding and had it break apart (almost fray apart, if that makes sense) and binding come undone. With this 8wt I REALLY had to tug to pop it through the thick batting and didn’t break it once. Even the end of the thread didn’t get all frayed and weird by the time I got to the end of the piece.
• The wooden spools are super cute! But they also feel so much sturdier than the little cardboard tube thing inside my other 8wt. I’m already thinking of fun things to do with the spools when they are empty.

Tips: I opted to use a needle threader right off the bat, rather than try to thread myself.

Brandon Wulff

I used the 8wt (example on left) the same way I use 12wt (example on right)– two strands doubled over for 4 strands and you can clearly see that the 8wt is fuller and lusher than the 12, yet it maintains its softness, smoothness, and shine.

Devida Bushrod

My hand stitches are novice, but I know the more I do the more I will improve. The thread is the brand new 8wt Aurifil which is beautifully soft & just glides. Thick enough to be a gorgeous detail adding another layer of interest in a quilt.

Jennifer Cannon

Loving this new 8wt thread collab by Aurifil & Suzy Quilts! And this pattern by Suzy – Sew Mojo Mini – is so quick and looks amazing with hand stitching! I used Suzy’s Pure Solids from Art Gallery Fabrics in Evergreen, Matcha, Snapdragon, Shrimpy, Raw Gold, Queen Bee, & White Linen.