Madeira's Cotton Floss: A Review

Mary Corbet has been stitching with Madeira's cotton floss and has posted a review on her website.  Threadaholics, take note!  By the way, Madeira's silk floss is packaged the same way as the cotton embroidery floss.  I don't like the stiff feel of their silk but the packaging is genius!
https://www.needlenthread.com/2019/02/thread-talk-madeira-cotton-embroidery-floss.html#comment-908370

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Threadaholic Alert: Madeira's Sticktwist Embroidery Floss Now Available

Thanks to a report on the Nashville TNNA show for cross stitch, I know that And More is now distributing Madeira's Stitcktwist Madeira embroidery floss.  This is a six ply embroidery floss in the same packaging used for Madeira's silk floss.  I don't really like their silk floss —haven't seen the cotton floss—  but the packaging is genius!
http://www.just-crossstitch.com/newsletters.php?mode=article&article_id=6443&key=JCXN&tp=i-H43-6o-XEh-2qpF4u-1o-PE45-1c-2qpQNr-1TC55t

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Threadaholic Alert: News About Glints

If you are a fan of Bijoux Glints, you'll want to make a note that this thread (which is basically Bijouix with a white core instead of the typical back core that makes the thread look like zebra stripes) is no longer available from Madeira in smaller spool sizes. 
http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_new/2017/01/bijoux-glint-colors-spool-size-change.html

If you are curious about the difference in the look between regular Bijoux and Glints, you can see the two threads here.
http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Thread/Access_Bijoux.html#MAD-FS20

This is no hardship for me because I adore this thread and use all of the colors a lot.  Buying the thread in larger spools is perfect for me.  But if you just want to try this out or only have a limited use for it, you should pick up the smaller spools from your favorite shop before they are gone.

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All About Madeira Silk Floss

One of the many brands of silk floss available is the filament silk floss from Madeira. Mary Corbet talks about the thread here. The nicest thing about it in my opinion is the packaging. It's VERY convenient, particularly if you are sued to silk floss tangling as you try to remove a length from a skein. The silk itself has a slightly stiff feel to it but it does have a nice shine and isn't as unmanageable as some brands of silk are.  It's not as easy to use as Splendor silk floss, however, and the range of colors aren't as wide as Rainbow Gallery offers with Splendor.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2013/06/madeira-silk-floss.html

You can see the colors on the German Madeira site.  The U.S. site is machine embroidery threads only.
http://threads.madeira.de/fileadmin/Handel_DE/PDFs/Farbkarten/SILK_Farbkarte_Druck_innen.pdf

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