Thread sample piece

This is for the lovely people at Quilt Direct, the background quilting is in the YLI Silk 100#, I love this thread and admit to self interest here, I want this thread to succeed and for them to make more colours in the 1000 yd mini cones (and sell them over here in the UK).

Hand sewing with 100# YLI silk

I know some people give up stitching with this very fine thread because it so easily slips of the needle. Click on this photo to bring it up to full size so you can see I've tied a knot in it. The thread is so fine you can't even feel the knot going through the fabric. The needle is a size 10 betweens.
Use it for hand appliqué and however bad you think you are, your stitches will improve 400%. It's as fine as fine hair. The only warning I give is if you have used it, NEVER wash your work with biological/enzyme washing products. They dissolve silk, you might not notice it on a shirt, but these threads are just too fine to risk it.

And Sinclair does his best every morning to try and stop me making the bed....