A Source for Finca Perle Cotton (and More!)

I'm told this is a great place to find size 8 Finca perle cotton from Prescencia, as well as a lot more.  Check out the beautiful fabrics!
https://shiboridragon.com

Five enabling points to Pat who told me about this.

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Finca Perle Cotton Sources UPDATED

Perle Cottons and Cotton Flosses for Bitch

I've gotten my threads together to stitch Bitch.  As you can see I have perle cotton from Finca and cotton floss skeins from DMC.  The colors are not all good matches to the lettering, but I am hoping to mix and match shades of lavender and lilac on the design.  The Finca perle cotton colors and sizes are (top to bottom):  2720 (size 16), 2711 (size 16), 2699 (size 8), and 2687 (size 12).  The DMC cotton flosses are (left to right):  240, 210 and 211.  In person the best match to the lilac paint on the painted canvas is the Finca 2699.

For those who aren't familiar with Finca perle cotton, it is Egyptian cotton from Prescencia SA in Spain that is available in five sizes-- 3, 5, 8, 12 and 16.  (The larger the number, the smaller the diameter of the thread).  Currently there are 122 solid colors and 33 variegated color sets for the perle.  Finca's Mouline Embroidery Floss is available in the same colors if you need a combination of perle and floss style threads.  Note that Mouline Embroidery Floss has over 300 colors, though.  So not every floss is available as perle cotton.   This thread is distributed in the USA by Colonial Needle.
http://colonialneedle.com/Perle-Cotton/

Although you can order straight from the Colonial Needle website, quite a few shops carry Finca perles.  Among the shops stocking Finca needlepointers are familiar with are Amy's Golden Strand, Come to the Point, KC Needlepoint, Needle in a Haystack (the one in Alameda, California) and Needlepoint Land.  Here are their websites (in alpha order).  If you know of other shops that carry Finca perle cottons, please let me know so I can add the shop to this listing.
http://www.amybunger.com/home.html

http://www.cometothepoint.com

https://www.kcneedlepoint.com

http://www.needlestack.com

https://needlepoint.land

Many thanks to the King of Threadaholics--Michael Boren--for help assembling the shop list above.  And now, I need to start thinking background and embellishments....

UPDATE:  Blog's readers have come up with additional good sources for Finca's perle cottons and flosses (and their metallics and more).  If you are Canadian, Erica says you can stock up using Sew Fancy.
http://www.sewfancy.com/threads-finca.htm

If you live close to Northern Virginia, Sara Leigh recommends a visit to Web Fabrics.  They carry all the colors of size 8 and 12 Finca perle cottons and she says their Cosmo embroidery floss is really silky and comes in 422 colors.
http://www.webfabrics.net/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?.s0&lastmenu=&menu=submenu-1100.html

Kathleen says Silk Road Needle Arts carries Finca. too.
http://www.silkroadneedle.com

Thanks folks!

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A Thread Garden and Presencia Perle Cotton

Ruth gives us a peek at her stitching and her use of Presencia's perle cotton.  I happen to really like the colors and the sheen of this lovely perle cotton and I also like the variety of diameters it is available in.  Very useful stuff!
http://ruthsneedlework.blogspot.com/2015/09/back-in-ventura.html

In case you want to try Presencia and your local shop doesn't carry it, here is A Thread Garden's website.  Don't buy it all, ok?  The rest of us need some!
http://www.athreadgarden.com/athreadgarden.com/Home.html

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Threadaholic Alert: El Molino Rayon Thread

If you love threads, particularly rayon threads, you'll want to read what Jan has to say about Presencia's rayon thread called El Molino.  Like Jan, I adore Michelle at Come to the Point who carries the thread.  If you want to explore some of the threads she carries, the shop website is the second link below.
http://threadmedley.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/do-you-use-rayon-thread/

http://www.cometothepoint.com

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Presencia for Christmas?

I like Presencia's perla cotton a lot but I don't know if I'd go as far as to give it as a Christmas present.  (Obviously there aren't enough stitchers on my Xmas list.)  Receiving some, though, that would be terrific!
http://needlemenow.blogspot.com/2012/12/think-thread.html

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Perle Cotton Explained

Colonial Needle's blog is all about perle cotton (also known as pearl cotton) today.  There is a about about the name and the various sizes and what they are used for.  Colonial distributes the Presencia brand of perle cotton which I have tried. It's great stuff!
http://needlemenow.blogspot.com/2012/10/perles-of-wisdom.html

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