Superior So Fine #40 Variegated – Experimental Thread Chart

A few months back, Superior Threads decided to come out with a new version of my favorite quilting thread – this time in a 40 wt variegated instead of a 50 wt solid.  They offered up sets of the 17 experimental colors, and I jumped at the chance to be the first to try them.

So far, I am happy with the threads and love the colors, but the thread is so new that there isn’t a lot of information about them.  I hacked my own threading & tension settings, combining techniques from other 40 wt & polyester quilting threads.  On my Fusion, I’m getting a bobbin tension setting of about 120 -140 on the TOWA gauge, and for threading, I skip the center hole, loosen the tension slightly, and use a #18 needle.

All that is great, but the ONE problem I have is that these aren’t full sized cones, so I’m definitely going to run out of my favorite threads. Why is that such a problem?  Well, because the colors were experimental, they didn’t have color names or numbers assigned, and there was no guarantee that they would produce all the colors or make them the same way.

Still, once the production of these threads were released, and named with Aussie flair, I thought it would be simple to just ask Superior to tell me which experimental colors were produced & which threads they match up to.  The problem with THAT?  Superior says they didn’t keep any of their experimental cones, so they have no idea which goes with what.

So, I decided to do my own color matching, and publish the chart here.  I’m pretty sure this has a limited audience, because I doubt the people who ordered those experimental cones actually read my blog, but I figured if I was going to go to the trouble of producing a chart, the least I could do was put it someplace where people can find it!

There were 17 experimental colors, but they actually produced 30 different colors for the entire line.  I’m only pairing up the 17 with what looks closest, and my disclaimer is that I’m going by my physical thread cones & the color chart on the web since the entire line is out of stock & I can’t order any cones.  Superior doesn’t know that I’ve done this (yet) and so I would say use at your own risk.

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