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This dreamy embroidery thread is a silky ivory cotton made in France mid-last century (I think) by Dollfus-Mieg & Cie, that you know as DMC: it's deadstock scored from an old Paris mercerie. Floche consists of five non-divisible strands, meaning you sew with the whole thing, unlike ordinary six-strand floss which you often split to use. This size 14 is about equivalent to two strands of regular floss and its twisted mercerized smoothness makes a beautiful sheen if you're doing eyelet or satin stitch, and it doesn't kink or fray or knot--or not when you're not knotting on purpose. The color makes it especially good for sashiko techniques, though personally I use this for just about everything whiteish. The price is per skein of a whopping 108-yards. This is hard to find and when it's gone it's gone, so stock up!
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Adorable little boxes of black or white thread: "enchantillons gratuits" (free samples) given out by haberdashers in the 1910s. The one-inch wooden spools are unused, but only... View full details
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A lovely intact box of a dozen spools of cotton thread (2.25 inches each, 50 meters) in a useful classic taupe, each wrapped in original cellophane. Judging... View full details
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We've been collecting balls of deadstock specialized darning thread for ages, and swear they made it better back when everyone used it. (Can you even get... View full details