70001 Cardinal Glide Polyester Thread - 5,500 yards King Spool

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.