Welcome to my newest embroidery post. This blog post is about the best hand embroidery threads to use for your next hand embroidery project.
If you’ve read some of my other embroidery posts. Then you’ll know that I love hand embroidery. I love the stitches you can use in hand embroidery and all the different designs.
Since I did a post on “The Best Type of Machine Embroidery Thread”. I decided to do a post for hand embroidery thread, because I know that a lot of embroiders prefer hand embroidery. And the world of hand embroidery threads can be kind of confusing, but this post should help you find the right thread.
If you’ve looked, you’ve probably noticed that there are a lot of different threads for hand embroidery to choose from. And I’m going to show you some of the best brands of high-quality threads out there.
Hand embroidery floss comes in a variety of colors and types. The most common type is cotton embroidery floss, but you can also get metallic thread, silk threads, satin threads, and wool thread.
The type of thread you use will depend on the type of embroidery you’re doing, like crewel embroidery uses wool thread. Not to be confused with tapestry wool, which is thicker threads more like yarn.
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1. DMC Embroidery Floss
This is my personal favorite brand of embroidery thread and what I think is the best thread. DMC hand embroidery threads are my go-to embroidery thread for most of my projects. This popular choice of embroidery thread for surface embroidery is very high quality thread.
DMC thread comes in a 8.7 yard skeins. These skeins of floss are made up of six strands of thread and you can use a single strand or multiple number of strands.
This brand of thread also has different types of threads and is probably the most common embroidery threads out there. Besides their regular cotton thread, I’ve seen DMC brand satin thread, metallic thread, multi-color thread and pearl cotton.
I buy a lot of my embroidery thread from my local Hobby Lobby. But, you can buy DMC embroidery thread at your local craft store, on Amazon, at Joann’s, and I’ve even seen it at Wal-mart.
2. Artiste Embroidery Thread
Artiste embroidery thread is a Hobby Lobby brand of embroidery cotton floss. This good embroidery thread brand comes in value packs, I linked the pastel pack that has 36 skeins of thread. These packs usually come with 2 or 3 of the same colors, so you don’t get 36 different colors.
This brand of thread is good quality, to me it’s not as good as DMC. It’s also not as smooth as DMC thread. But, this is still a great choice of thread. I love this brand for crochet thread, that’s what I use a lot for my tatting.
Plus, this is a great six-stranded cotton thread if your on a budget. Because in the packs you get 36 skeins of embroidery floss for $3. So, if you’re just getting started with embroidery, this is a good brand of embroidery to start with or if your on a budget.
In this brand you can also get metallic floss, and metallic pearl floss. And artiste also has embroidery needles too.
3. Anchor Embroidery Thread
Anchor is another brand of high-quality embroidery thread. This brand of thread has been around for over 250 years, so I would say that they know what they are doing.
Anchor thread is said to be softer than most threads and has a higher sheen. Anchor thread is also colorfast, that means that the color won’t run. But, it always a good idea to test a piece of the fabric and thread you’re using, to make sure the thread doesn’t run if you’re going to be washing your finished project. Especially if you’re using white fabric and red thread.
Anchor embroidery floss is high quality and they have many colors of cotton threads. If you research it you’ll see that some embroiders prefer Anchor embroidery thread to DMC embroidery thread.
To me it all is about personal preference and which brand is easier for you to buy. Because my Hobby Lobby does not carry Anchor, just DMC and Artiste floss. So, Anchor thread is a little harder to find, unless you’re looking on Amazon.
​Conclusion
There you have it, 3 great brands of embroidery thread. There’s also more brand of hand embroidery thread to pick. But, I just decided to link 3 embroidery thread brands to keep it simple.
Finding the best brand of embroidery floss depends on what you need it for, your budget, or just what your preference is. Like, my favorite embroidery floss is DMC, but some embroiders don’t care for it and prefer Anchor embroidery thread. And some embroidery enthusiasts like to have multiple brands and a variety of threads on hand for their embroidery patterns.
Some cheaper brands of cotton embroidery threads may also tangle easier than others. So, if you’re wanting to use large amounts of thread at a time, you’ll probably need to use a better quality of embroidery thread. Or, use shorter lengths of thread. But, you could also use thread conditioner to make the thread easier to use.
Now for the different types of embroidery threads, I’ve only really used regular stranded cotton thread. But, I would think that if I like their cotton threads, the other types of embroidery thread would be great too.
I hope that you liked this post and that it helped you find the best thread brand or thread type for your embroidery projects.
