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Correction! Aurifil and Gilbreath Threads

In this earlier post, I wrote about testing some new-to-me threads from Gilbreath Threads, and said that they were made in the same factory as the Aurifil.  It appears this is incorrect, and I’d like to thank Alex V. from Aurifil for helping me get the information correct.   Aurifil, which makes VERY high quality cotton thread, does not manufacture thread for Gilbreath.

The message I had received from the US representative for Gilbreath wrote:
We are the only US  importers of Cucirini Tre Stelle
cotton thread from Italy.  It is a 2 ply cotton thread w/a long staple.
We carry cones &   spools.  Our thread compares to Aurifil apples for
apples.  We feel ours is even better as it is made in the same factory
for the last 100 years.

I must have misunderstood that to mean that the Gilbreath thread was made in the Aurifil factory (it is not), rather than it was made in *A* factory, the same one for a hundred years.  My apologies to both companies! They both make great thread, and I’m looking forward to picking up some from each company at Quilt Festival in Houston in a month’s time!

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