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ARTFABRIK Catalog of Hand Dyed Threads


Our hand-dyed threads come in 4 sizes and 58 colorways. They are dyed with Procion MX fiber reactive dyeds and can be used in all the needle arts. Order by email, phone, or regular mail.

Thread Sizes and Pricing
Colorways
Order Information
Size Comparison Chart
Samples of Thread Uses
Dye Information
Free Portable Thread Chart

Thread Sizes and Pricing
Cotton 12 is a strong, fine thread with a matt finish available in 58 variegated color schemes. Recommended for machine embroidery, machine quilting, or hand quilting.  To use, wind the skein onto an empty spool and stitch away with a 14/90 embroidery or quilting machine needle. 
Cotton 12 measures 130 yards for $12

Cotton 8 dyes richly and has a soft hand. It is available in 58 variegated color schemes. Recommended for machine bobbin drawing, hand embroidery, hand quilting, crochet, sashiko, knitting, needlepoint, and weaving.
Cotton 8 measures 50 yards for $8

Cotton 5 is strong, bright, and dyes in clearly defined colors. Available in 58 variegated color schemes, it is recommended for hand embroidery, hand quilting, crochet, sashiko, knitting, needlepoint, weaving, and any number of needle arts. 
Cotton 5 measures 27 yards for $5

Cotton 3 is large and eyecatching with shiny, clearly defined colors.Available in 58 variegated color shemes, it is recommended for hand stitching, couching by machine or hand, needlepoint, knitting, weaving or any number of needle arts. 
Cotton 3 measures 16.4 yards for $4

 

Thread Colorways
There are 58 variegated colorways to choose from. Iin hand dyed threads or fabrics, colors run and blend together. Not only will you have the basic colors listed but many inbetween or "colors with no name" will also appear. 

Aquamarine (green, aquamarine, turquoise, royal, sky blue)
Asters (red, violet, turquoise, green, gold)
Avocado Squash (orange, violet, chartreuse)
Black Orchid (fuchsia, magenta, wine, black)
Brass Tacks (olive, brass, gold)
Burnt Marshmallows (brown, bronze, charcoal)
Chocolate Squash (brown, gold, bronze)
Copper Queen (wine, magenta, blue, rust)
Daffodils (gradations of pale yellow)
Daylillies (pale pink, yellow and green)
Degas Blue (turquoise, royal, sky blue)
Dianthus (aquamarine, purple, magenta, fuchsia, deep pink, magenta,)
Earth Gems (black, turquoise, violet, fuchsia, wine, brown)
Eggplant (fuchsia, purple, black, green)
Embers (navy, black, brown, orange) 
Evening Greens (dark and medium greens)
Fall Maple (fuchsia, orange, gold, olive)
Forget Me nots (pale turquoise and blues)
Green Grass (chartreuse, kelly, forest green) 
Honey (gradations of warm honey yellow dark to light)
Indigo (gradations of indigo dark to light)
Irises (muted pastel blue, green, yellow, orange, violet) 
Italian Prune (black, turquoise, brown)
Japanese Iris (pastel purple, violet, blue)
Lemons (medium to intense yellows)
Lilacs (pale blue, violet, turquoise, green)
Lime Frappe (yellow, chartreuse, cobalt, green, deep yellow, turquoise)
Moss (pale green, olive, deep turquoise)
Nasturtium (pastel apricot, yellow, pink)
Oasis Twilight (black, forest, cobalt, purple, violet, brown) 
Ocean (pale turquoise gradations)
October Fest (brown, yellow, orange)
Oranges (gradations of bright to pale oranges)
Ornamental Grasses (pastel green, turquoise, blue)
Parakeet (intense fuchsia, ornage, yellow, green, cobalt, purple)
Petunias (medium pinks)
Pumpkin Patch (bronze, gold yellow, orange)
Rainbow Light (full spectrum, 8 light value colors)
Rainbow Medium (full spectrum, 8 medium value colors)
Rainbow Rich (full spectrum, 8 intense colors)
Really Red (red, scarlet, deep yellow)
Red Hots (fuchsia, fire red, soft red orange)
Renaissance (colbalt, purple, magenta, rust, gold, olive, maroon)
Rhubarb (olive, salmon, pale yellow)
Salt Water Taffy (medium value blue, violet, pink orange, yellow, green)
Sedona (turquoise, brown, rust, yellow, green, pink)
Shadows (gradations of gray to white)
Snake Skin (charcoal, gold, white)
Spice Road (brass, orange, violet)
Southwest Rainbow (turquoise, green, gold, orange, medium brown)
Sprouts (chartreuse, pale green, pale yellow)
Sunflower  (yellow, gold, deep gold)
Sunrise (deep orange, orange, yellow)
Tangerine (light red, orange, yellow)
True Blues (cobalt, navy, turquoise)
Violets (fuchsia, violet purple, dark purple)
Wild Rice (light brown, tan, pale gray)
Wisteria (purple, magenta, royal blue)

Note:  Although we have tried to achive accurate color, the colors on your screen may appear differently than when viewed in person. 

 

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