yarn | aurifil | 50wt 1300m | moonshine

Fine, strong, and nearly invisible – the Aurifil Cotton 50wt is the quiet hero in the sewing room. This thread glides effortlessly through cotton, linen, or batiste, leaving precise, barely noticeable seams. Ideal when your fabric should take the spotlight – not the seam. The characteristic orange spool houses around 270 color dreams: from delicate pastels to dramatic deep blues. 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.

A touch of moonlight in thread form – Moonshine is a cool, elegant silver with a silky matte sheen. Ideal for light fabrics, subtle contrasts, or when you want to capture the light in the detail. A true chameleon shade that adapts without fading.

Material & technical details

• Material: 100 % cotton 

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

• Weight / Thickness: 50wt for incomparably flat seams

• Color: Moonshine - a warm beige-gray, invisible in the seam shadow, perfect for piecing

• 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