3littlethimbles Aurifil Thread Review!

Thread...who cares right? Its the quality of the fabric and the adorableness of the print that counts. Right???

WRONG!!!!

The first 3 quilt I made were for my kids, I used what was available to me locally (Lethbridge Alberta, Canada) and used Dual Duty-machine Quilting thread. I experienced continual issues with tension problems to the point when I thought I couldn't quilt with my machine. I even took it in for maintenance and cleaning to see if that would help. 
I was crush when my machine came back...clean, but still not quilting to my satisfaction.

And then one day I saw a pretty picture on a fabric site of a spool of Aurifil thread. It looked so pretty I ordered a spool.......

Which is the back story of how I found Aurifil.

Sew(tee hee), after using the 50wt white to quilt my next quilt project I was amazed...but at $10 a spool I wasnt sure if it was worth the investment.

Thats when the lovely people at Aurifil sent me this to review!!!!

Yes, I cried! 6 spools of thread and the Aurifil Colour Chart(which has actual thread strands on it so you can perfectly match the thread to your project). I tested them out on a few quilts over the past few months but wanted to use bolder colours for this review so I jumped online and bought some spools for pictures in the review.

The Trial Project

This is the quilted project. A crib quilt(which is available on my etsy shop) https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/200165575/modernbirdtealorangetriangleunique

And this is the thread I used! I used 50wt(Orange coloured Spool) , 40wt(Green coloured Spool) and 15wt (Red coloured spool)
I pieced the entire quilt top with the white 50wt aurifil. Then It was time to quilt

It even looks amazing on the bobbin!!!

I quilted straight lines with the green 50 wt Aurifil and hand quilted with the green 15 wt thread.



So here's my thought's on Aurifil. It truly made me realize the importance of using a high quality thread!!! After using the thread for my past few projects I'm officially hooked.
Here's what I love about it:
1) It stitched like a dream! This quilt I didn't even use a walking foot and the stitches are smooth and perfect and I didnt have to play with the tension AT ALL.
2) Its beautiful! Getting a new spool is JUST as fun as getting new fabric
3) HUGE variety of colour options
4) COST-yes it is expensive, but you get so much on a spool that it makes it totally worth it
5) It doesn't break on your machine. You know what I mean....when your sewing along and your top thread breaks 6 times in a row and you have to walk away and count to 10. I have never had Aurifil break on my sewing machine.
6) Hand-stitching is way easier with this thread and your thread will not knot as you go. The few times I had it knot it fixed itself without me having to untangle it
7) The variety of weights available in each colour make your possibilities ENDLESS


What I didn't love:
1) A few time while hand stitching my binding the thread did break. I used several different needles to make sure it wasnt my needle. But the 40 wt broke a few times during binding.
2) One of the spools I received the inner tube was pushed out at the bottom so it wont stay standing flat but rolls(not sure if this is common and doesn't effect how it performance on my machine)
3) That now I am going to go broke buying every colour and every weight ;)

So my final thoughts, incase you didnt guess...
I give it two HUGE THUMBS UP
I am 'sew' impressed with it, made making my quilt way easier by using this thread and.......I threw out all the rest of that cheap garbage thread ;) 

*Aurifil did send me free samples to do this review but my opinions are un-bia. I did several project using their thread samples to ensure I was giving a proper and accurate review