70001 Cardinal Glide Polyester Thread — 5,500 yards King Spool is the vivid warm red of the Glide range — male-cardinal bright, festive and luminous — the holiday and red-tonal quilting thread.
Product Details
- Color: 70001 Cardinal — vivid warm red; neither blue-cold nor brick-orange
- Thread: 40-weight filament polyester, Glide luster — lint-free
- Spool: 5,500-yard king — roughly 6–10 queens at moderate density
- Machines: All major longarms
- Best on: Red tops for tonal work, Christmas and Valentine quilts, patriotic reds, cardinal-theme quilts
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which store reds does it quilt tonally?
- Christmas Red and Country Red Bella, Formula One Red Grunge — on those grounds Cardinal reads as pure luminous texture, the stitching catching light instead of showing color.
- The full red system at Linda's?
- Cardinal Glide on top, red bobbin below, Red Cardinal Cuddle 3 on the back — the matched-name trio for holiday quilts red through every layer.
- How does it read as a contrast thread?
- Loud and festive — red linework on white or cream grounds is the classic candy-cane register; on dark greens it's instant Christmas. Use deliberately.
- Seasonal spool economics?
- The king spool carries a studio through a December production run — 6–10 quilts of capacity matches exactly the season that demands it.
- Bobbin logic?
- Matching red over red backs; Linen or Cream Magna-Glide when the back is neutral — red bobbin on a light back telegraphs every stitch.
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