Best Thread for Sewing Recycled Dog Food Bag Totes?

Judy
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October 21, 20180 found this helpful

According to this article, regular sewing thread is fine. www.thesprucecrafts.com/make-tote-bags-from-feed-bags-2977426

LadyRose

March 27, 20220 found this helpful

I see embroidery floss in the pix. Can't tell how many strands she's using.

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Pghgirl40
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October 21, 20180 found this helpful

I found most threads caused the bags to tear. If I used a very thin clear thread like Coats transparent it did not tear the bags, but it gave my old kenmore sewing machine knipptians. I made 1/2 of a clutch purse and gave up.

dadaw0564

March 17, 20210 found this helpful

I used a 16 needle. Doesn't really matter what type of thread, I just increased my stitch length and I had no more issues.

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cybergrannie
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October 29, 20180 found this helpful

I have never tried this but a friend said she did one at a sewing class and they used a 90/14 needle with a 40 weight nylon thread and followed the instructions on this web site.

www.fresheggsdaily.com/.../make-your-own-feed-bag-tote.html