Each month we task our team of Aurifil Artisans with a new challenge, and each month we are thrilled to share the amazing projects they have created! For February we asked them to create a project of their choosing and they needed to include at least three weights of Aurifil threads. How many different Aurifil thread weights have you used in a single project?
*Click on each Artisan’s name below to read more about their project.*
lisa hofmann-maurer – “Corona hit me and my creative energy very hard. I did work on things for work, but not much else. Sewing and designing for myself and my sanity somehow was not happening anymore. As a start to motivate myself I took the February challenge and pieced about 20 postcards for guild friends out of my scrap stash. Finishing those little pieces of art brought joy to myself and considering the responses also to the recipients. I’m glad I took this challenge and hopefully will get back to more me-sewing soon.”
Steph Skardal – “I pieced this mini lone star and domestic machine quilted it with a variety of thread weights (12wt, 28wt, 50wt) and thread colors (Salmon Orange, Spring Green, Canary, Medium Blue Gray, Magenta, Medium Mint). I’m so pleased with how the mixture of thread weights and colors came out – and I won one round of thread chicken!”
Paula Steel – “I decided to make an FPP version of my Fraktal Quilt logo that could be used as a quilt label or a pouch. As I’m such a super fan of 28wt and rainbows I added some textured rainbow quilting to a pouch version. So that’s 80wt for the FPP, 28wt for the quilting and good old 50wt for the construction. “
Laurel – “Moon phase English Paper Pieced quilt, using 4 different types of Aurifil thread!”
Kathy Ross Art – “Combining three different thread weights with all the colors of the rainbow to create Luminous Wildlife portraits.”
Shannon Fraser – “The Which Way Up quilt is a modern improv exploration of featuring different thread weights in one project. I wanted to see the quilt texture and dimension that could be created just through various thread weights. Hope it inspires you to have some quilty fun!”
Tighe Flanagan – “Hand quilting and appliqué project using multiple thread weights (80, 50, 28 and 12). It’s a work in progress!”
Isabelle Selak – “This while cloth piece features 80wt, 28wt, and 12wt thread in 6722, Sea Biscuit. The Jacquie Gering walking foot quilting design glows with all these threads working together.”
Lucy Engels – “Strings Mini Quilt. With this challenge I want to balance the colour of the quilting. Using a 28wt for the yellow and thinner 40wt for the green both colours visually weighted equally. I used a neutral 50wt for the piecing.”
Sarah Ruiz – “I created this mini quilt to celebrate NASA’s Perseverance, which recently landed on Mars! The background is quilted with 50 wt thread, and the rover is hand embroidered with 12 wt thread. The letters are raw edge fusible appliqued, which I painstakingly stitched down using 80 wt thread. I’ve recently discovered how useful this fine, thin thread can be, and it was the perfect way to secure these small letters in a subtle way.”
Kate Toney – “Decorative Pintucks using 4 thread weights 5 ways.”
Kymona Tracey – “When I entered the sewing world, I had no clue thread weight was a thing. I picked whatever thread I could find. Then a friend introduced me to Aurifil thread and the different weights. That was a game-changer for me. I used four different weight threads to decorate this pouch.”
Jennie Pickett – “For the three thread weights challenge I chose 50wt for the assembly and then quilted diagonal lines with 28wt on my machine. I’ve never used 28wt on my machine and I loved it! It really made the quilting stand out!”
Amy Ball – “The challenge of using at least three different thread weights in one project was an interesting one. It’s very common for me to use two different thread weights in one project but rarely three, and even more rarely would all three be “on show” and that’s something I really want to try and achieve…just for an extra challenge! I decided it have a go at re-creating a traditional argyle or diamond plaid design but only using straight line quilting. It was a fun experiment and actually a quilt design I would consider using in the future.”
Elise Baek – “The mini Dilly Flower Hexagon project finally got embellished!”
Henrik Müller – “Lovely spools demand a lovely spool pouch. That is why I came up with a pattern to house my small spools of Aurifil goodness. Also I managed to sneak in a FPP Pattern of mine 😉 “
Allie McCathren – “I made this nautilus art quilt using fabric scraps from my stash. I used raw edge appliqué and a variety of thread weights (28wt, 40wt, and 50wt) to bring out the texture of the piece. I’m planning on making more quilts like this of other animal subjects to make a series.”
Alison Holt – “A winter scene in freemotion machine embroidery on a silk painted base. I used weight 30, 50 and 12 in this project to create depth and texture.”
Erin Kroeker – “I always love learning new skills and this is my first attempt at Foundation Paper Piecing. After piecing this block with Black 50 wt thread, I wanted to give the piece a lot of texture. I used 40 wt thread (2134) to quilt the block and I think it creates a lovely accent. To finish the piece, I hand stitched black eyes on to the fox with 12 wt thread.”
Lauren Wright – “Lauren transformed a simple stitch sampler showcasing five different Aurifil thread weights, into a practical mug rug.”
Jen Belnap – “I created this bag using my favorite 50 weight thread, floss for the London embroidery and for the first time, 28 weight thread! I love the texture the 28 weight adds to the quilting. I will be using it again! This bag makes my Anglophile heart happy!”
Susan de Vanny – “I’m having the best time with my threads! Working on a Commission which is rather large what you see is my first hooping. So far I’ve used in this one hooping is all these colours and 3 different weights being 40, 50 & 28 wt so far. These Immense Lunettes (Goggles) are going to be fantastic when finished.”
Are you inspired to sew a project with multiple weights of Aurifil thread?
Wow what a lovely display of all the wonderful Aurifil weights!
Beautiful work everyone!! So very inspiring ⭐⭐⭐