Fil Au Chinois Cotton Sewing Thread ~ Box of 12 Pastel Tones

Assortment 3 - Pastel tones - 12 cotton sewing thread spools.
Classic high quality resistant cotton thread.
It is made of three stranded Egyptian cotton which is twisted, singed and mercerized.

Thread Weight: 20 wt.

Content: sky blue/6750 - periwinkle/6752 - forget-me-not/6726 - lilac/6603 - camellia/6566 - coral/6562 - pistachio/6830 - jade/6802 - lily/6323 - ecru/6308 - sable/6245 - mouse/6110.

Length on each spool: 100 meters.
Size of each spool: 4.8cm high, 2.5cm diameter.
Size of box: 10cm long, 7.5cm wide, 5.5cm high.

This assortment is presented in a lovely cardboard box which can be used as a presentation box. Each assortment is identifiable by a numbered label. The box is covered in a pretty green paper with Fil Au Chinois labels.

How is the thread thickness calculated? France has used metric numbering (NM) since 1942 for cotton thread: a thread measuring 1 kilometer with a constant weight of 1 kilogram is a No. 1 thread and a No. 20 is a thread measuring 1 kilometer with a constant weight of 20 kilograms.

Made in France