Aurifil Mako 40 Cotton Thread - Colour 2600
Colour Description: Pale Grey (a popular colour for piecing and general sewing)
1000 metre spool
Aurifil Cotton Mako 40 thread is a wonderful medium weight extra long staple cotton thread, now available here in the UK. Classed as a 40/2 (40 weight, 2 ply) thread, Aurifil 40 is made from the finest Egyptian long staple cotton and is mercerised for a wonderful sheen. Aurifil 40 is very popular with longarm quilters because of its smooth character and its ability to be run at high speeds through machines without breakage.
Aurifil 40 is ideal for machine quilting, machine embroidery, dressmaking, lacemaking, decorative applique and many general sewing uses. Although some patchworkers prefer Aurifil 50 when piecing (they like ultra thin thread for piecing) Aurifil 40 is versatile and can also be used for patchwork piecing. Aurifil 40 is a little thinner than Aurifil 28, but still has sufficient definition when you want the stitches to show. Like all Aurifil cottons, Aurifil 40 is a very smooth thread with very little lint and virtually no slub. It behaves extremely well through sewing machines and is easy to work with by hand. The colour is both light (UV) and wash fast. For machine quilting, we recommend a Schmetz Quilting 75 or Quilting 90 needle. If piecing with this thread, we recommend a Schmetz Microtex 80 needle.
Aurifil 40 is a fantastic general purpose thread to have at hand in your sewing supplies.
40 weight Aurifil thread is supplied on a green spool. (Inset picture shows grey 28 weight spool in same colour, for colour purpose only, but you will receive a green 40 weight for this item.)There are 30g of thread on the spool which is approximately equal to 1000m of thread.
(Please note: We are using professional digital images supplied by the Aurifil company. The colours are as closely reproduced as possible, but we cannot guarantee a precise match to the actual thread colours themselves. Colour images can vary between monitors and as such, colour images are for guideline purposes only. Please see above for our description of the colour itself. If you have any queries whatsoever about thread colour please ring us or send us a swatch to match. For optimum match, we do sell shade cards with real thread wraps of all 252 of the Aurifil cotton thread colours.)
