Gutermann Elastic Thread for Sewing, Bobbin Work, Smocking, Knit

Elastic is the ideal bottom thread for sewing with the sewing machine. The highly elastic sewing thread can be used for gathering, crimping and smocking and creative crafting ideas.

• Highly elastic sewing thread

• Ruffles, shirring and smoking

• Cord for knitting and crocheting

• Use only as bobbin thread for sewing with the sewing machine

• All fabrics, woven fabrics and many other materials

  GUTERMANN ELASTIC THREAD is made from 64% polyester and 36% polyurethane with a extremely high elongation of up to 200% making it ideal for a range of applications where you need to introduce stretch or elasticity to a fabric. It is a bobbin thread, often used for smocking or shirring, strengthening cuffs and welts in knitwear or for gathering fabrics, however, you are only limited by your imagination. Here are some of our favourite ways that you can use this GUTERMANN ELASTIC THREAD:
  
  Clothes alterations - use to pull in shoulder sleeves on a V-neck or gather in a dress or pair of trousers where the original elastic has failed
  Cotton jumpers - shirring elastic is excellent for preventing the ribbing from stretching during washing
  Headwear - elastic is very useful for increasing the tension on knitted or cotton hatbands
  Slippers - great for making the vamp part of a comfy slip-on pair of shoes
  Smock up - a fashionable tube top perfect for party occasions
  Sewing - use shirring elastic thread as a substitute for regular cotton to give shirt buttons more flexibility
  Novelty Items - perfect for crafting dolls clothing, beading, jewellery, anklets and bracelets
  
  GUTERMANN ELASTIC THREAD is available in 10m Spools and in a choice of ten colours giving you many ways to transform your embroidering, sewing, and stitching projects.