SULKY COTTON PETITES 12 - hand embroidery thread

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Product information "SULKY COTTON PETITES 12 - hand embroidery thread"

Thread Weight: 12 Embroidery(1) / No.50 Sewing(2)

Quilting, Crafting, Sewing, Embroidery, Handwork
SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12, the little sisters of the big roll SULKY® COTTON 12. SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12 is the stronger version of the cotton thread and is ideal for neelework. It creates that soft, warm, natural and three-dimensional look so typical for handwork.

Did you know, that SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12 is made of high-quality mercerized cotton from Egypt?! The special feature are the long cotton staple fibres, which automatically give the thread more stability.

One strand of our SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12 thread is equivalent to two strands of floss, the huge benefits to you are:
(1) No separating floss
(2) No tangling
(3) Cut to any length
(4) Tidy storage with no loss of color identity.
(5) You want to switch to our SULKY® threads? Our comparison chart will help you under Helpful Hints!

SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12 - The Natural One

  • ideal for hand embroidery/sewing
  • no entlanglement of embroidery thread stands
  • available in a wide range of colors
  • available also in multicolour
  • Unicolors are colorfast against chlorid
  • ideal for needle work
  • stronger thread with a three-dimensional look
  • thicker than SULKY® COTTON 30
  • vegan

Suitable for:
  • sewing by hand
  • decorative Crazy Patchwork Stitches
  • quilting by hand
  • cross stitch by hand
  • embroidery by hand
  • needle painting
  • Sashiko technique (Japanese embroidery)
  • crafting
  • serging (Overlock)
  • appliqué

☞ Recommended Needle Size under Helpful Hints!


Unipflegesymbole_Cotton 12+30

Multicolorpflegesymbole_Cotton Multicolor



Material Composition:
100% Cotton
Öko-Tex certified: 

Öko Tex Zertifikat gunold threads


Our „REAL“ thread chart is an invaluable tool to help you choose the right color:
SULKY® COTTON Thread Card - with actual Thread


Our cotton thread in comparison... sewing, embroidering, quilting, overlocking - you decide.
You will find the different sewing techniques here:
Overview Table


(1) Thread weight indication is a recommendation for which embroidery program our thread harmonize best.
     For example, most embroidery programs are designed for 40-weight thread.
(2) Classic indication of thread weight in Europe for various sewing techniques.

SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12

SULKY-COTTON-Artikelgruppenbeschr-Petites

  • Spools holding 46 meters of thread is ideal for every work by hand -please look at the chart hereunder.
    Of course you can use it also on your machine, please note the following:
  • For best results we recommend using our bobbin thread SULKY® BOBBIN COT.
  • For embroideries on corse fabrics SULKY® SOLVY will prevent stitches from getting lost in the fabric thus enhancing that special needlework touch
  • Do not forget to adjust thread tension!
  • Reduce the speed for the machine when processing SULKY® COTTON PETITES 12

The needle makes the difference!
We recommend needle size NM 90-100


You want to switch to our SULKY® threads, but you are not sure about the colour?

Maybe our comparison chart will help you:

DMC SULKY® COTTON  Petites 12
153 1031
154 1189
155 1296
157 1292
166 1834
167 521
208 1122
223 1304
300 1058
307 1187
310 1005
317 1240
319 1175
321 1147
322 1283
326 1034
327 1812
340 1254
349 1317
351 1216
414 1295
415 1328
434 1056
437 562
453 1218
502 1287
505 1232
524 1229
550 1299
552 1813
553 1830
580 1156
581 1815
603 1256
611 1186
647 1270
666 1039
700 1051
702 1825
703 1510
704 1177
712 1082
718 1191
720 621
721 1833
732 1173
738 1070
739 1149
742 1024
745 1066
772 1209
779 1130
782 1826
783 1238
792 1226
796 1293
798 1253
809 1222
814 35
815 169
816 1169
820 1199
823 1197
824 1076
825 1143
833 1549
890 1174
891 1188
900 1246
907 1332
909 51
917 192
919 1181
938 1186
947 1184
959 1046
962 1119
963 1225
966 1047
973 1124
976 568
977 1239
986 175
987 1176
993 580
3031 1215
3032 1179
3051 1271
3078 1061
3328 1303
3340 1078
3341 1019
3346 630
3350 190
3354 1115
3371 1131
3379 1015
3607 1814
3687 119
3712 1558
3721 1190
3760 1252
3766 1205
3782 1838
3799 1234
3805 1109
3807 1561
3808 1096
3809 1206
3810 1095
3811 1077
3812 1230
3820 567
3822 502
3830 1081
3831 1035
3832 1307
3833 1192
3836 1032
3837 1235
3838 1198
3839 1030
3848 640
3849 1045
3857 1264
3858 1217
3864 1128
3865 1001
3866 1071
none 1112