Looking for suggestions on kind/type of thread to use in sewing swim suits.?
Am sewing a swimsuit and need suggestion for what type of thread to use. Figure an all-cotton is not the best choice. Is all-polyester the best option? Or ?
Plain ol’ all purpose polyester is a good choice. If you’re sewing with a non-stretch stitch, you might consider using the polyester version of “wooly nylon” in the bobbin — called “Polyarn”, from Superior Threads.
If this is a suit that’s going to be worn in chlorinated or brominated water, you need to make sure you’re using chlorine resistant fabric (not all nylon-lycras are!) and chlorine resistant elastic. Otherwise, one day you dive in and come back out wearing the towel someone tossed you.
A really good book for beginners sewing swimming suits, unitards and similar garments is Kwik Sew’s Swim and Action Wear. It’s a combination of a basic maillot pattern to alter into other patterns, very explicity instructions on materials, notions and fabrics, and how to sew and serge the garments. There’s also a little bit on sewing swimming suits in Connie Long’s book on knits, which is more likely to be on the public library shelf.
Superior Threads “Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob” Chapter 2 – Cotton vs. Poly
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