thread | aurifil | 50wt 1300m | light juniper

Fine, strong, and almost invisible – the Aurifil Cotton 50wt is the quiet hero in the sewing room. This thread glides effortlessly through cotton, linen, or batiste and leaves precise, barely noticeable seams. Ideal when your fabric should take the spotlight – not the seam. The characteristic orange spool holds around 270 color dreams: from delicate pastels to dramatic deep blue. Whether in patchwork, delicate appliqués, or as a faithful companion for English Paper Piecing – the 50wt shows how much elegance is in a fine thread.

Like a walk through a quiet pine forest – Light Juniper is a gentle, smoky sage green with a cool note. Perfect for modern nature palettes, botanical quilt projects, and anyone who likes subtle green.

Material & technical details

• Material: 100% cotton 

• Construction: 2-ply thread made of 100% Egyptian, mercerized cotton

• Weight / Thickness: 50wt for incomparably flat seams

• Color: 2845 - Light Juniper

• Spool: about 1300 meters 

• Applications: Piecing (Hand&Machine) and Quilting (fine/subtle), Topstitching, Appliqués (Hand & Machine), English Paper Piecing, Basting, Machine Embroidery, Dense Background Designs etc.

• Needle: Topstitch or Sharp 80/12 or 90/14 Longarm MR 2.5 or 3.0