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Privileged Use of Cottage Garden Threads in Quilt Making Industry

  • larabuck25
  • Jun 9, 2021
  • 3 min read

There are types of threads available for stitching, designer embellishments with stitching, and embroidery stitching. Small-scale business houses or house entrepreneurs manufacture CGT with the finest quality of long-staple mercerized threads as base threads. To be more specific, cottage garden threads derived their popularity, originating as an Australian “home-grown” thread dyeing business. Today it has evolved into one of the most popular embroidery threads with a wide variety of colors. Owing to the low knotting rate of this high sheen thread, it is a favorite of needlework designers and even in the quilting industry. Besides, even the Australian Textile Industry has certified CGT as light and colorfast, making it popular and demanded in the market.

Why Cottage Garden Thread over Machine-made Thread

It is indeed true that the comparison between machine-made and handmade dyed thread is pretty engrossing in terms of grip and dye finish. While machine-produced threads offer a consistent and even tone in dye and firmer grip of threads, the horizon of creative coloring broadens when the thread is hand-made. In the case of handmade garden threads, you can wish to have a variable range of colors and shades. You can obtain deeper and intensive color tones in handmade production; this independence perhaps makes CGT a unique addition in quit making, offering quilts desirable looks and appeal. Diversified color and gleaming threads enhance the beauty of quilts, and therefore these CGT threads are preferred in quilt making particularly. More interestingly, the production of CGT and quilts in Australia is mostly a family-sized business operating on a small scale.

About Cottage Garden Thread  

Since CGT is derived in many shades and styles, it is essential to manage the packaging properly and offer adequate information to the customer. Some of the basic information you can find on the packages include the color of thread, weight of the thread, number of thread rolls, etc., the eliminating tangle of a thread roll is also indicated so that just a simple left-hand side twist and pull helps you to unwind the thread.

  1. CGT Threads are purposefully designed and dyed with each ending of the pre-cut length with the same color to keep in sync with the continuity when used in stitching.

  2. The best part is from mono-colored threads; these hand-dyed threads are also available subtle combinations of colors in one roll.

  3. Not only quilting, but these threads are ideal for use in crafts, cross-stitching, embroidery works, etc.

Availing Cottage Garden Threads

Cottage Garden Thread in Australia, as mentioned above, is produced by small-scale business owners. Though there is good demand for the thread in the market, primarily for quilting and other stitching works and craft works, it can depend on your location about its availability. Retail stores, stitching supply stores often stock pretty good mount of common colors of CGT. However, if you wish to avail shades in the bulk amount, you might need to contact the production firm; for those looking for unique color shades, if you cannot find a desired one in a retail store, check out online. The availability of CGT is pretty good over the internet. All you need to do is search with the required color shade, match your preference with the given picture or brand color code and buy accordingly.

Now, the prices of cottage garden thread might differ among online stores or retail stores. The primary difference in threads which affect the price is color shade, thread grip, and quality, etc. Therefore, if you wonder how to make your personalized quilt unique and colorful, CGT can do the trick for you.

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