Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 2225 Salmon

Bring a touch of soft, inviting warmth and delicate colour to your quilting and sewing projects with Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Cone 2225 Salmon.

Salmon is a beautiful, warm pink-orange thread inspired by delicate salmon-coloured blossoms, soft coral sunsets, and the gentle warmth of summer. Its lovely colouring offers a balance between peachy pink and subtle orange undertones, making it a versatile choice for both traditional and contemporary quilting projects.

This charming shade pairs beautifully with soft peach, coral pinks, warm creams, buttery yellows, sage greens, muted teals, delicate florals, and cheerful modern fabric collections. Whether you're creating a romantic patchwork quilt, adding definition to floral applique designs, or looking for a warm salmon-pink thread to complement your favourite fabrics, Salmon brings softness, warmth, and personality to your stitching.

As a solid-colour thread, Salmon provides consistent colour throughout your stitching, making it ideal for coordinating seams, decorative quilting, and projects where you want a beautiful, uniform finish.

Aurifil 50wt is a popular 2-ply cotton thread known for its strength and fine profile. It creates beautifully flat, crisp seams with less bulk, making it an excellent choice for precision piecing while still providing the durability needed for machine and longarm quilting.

With an impressive 6,452 yards (5,900 metres) per cone, it's an economical and convenient choice for frequent sewists, larger quilting projects, and longarm quilting.

Recommended Uses

• Machine piecing and precision patchwork
• Machine quilting and longarm quilting
• Decorative quilting and topstitching
• English Paper Piecing (EPP)
• Needle-turn applique
• Machine applique
• Machine embroidery
• Basting
• Whole cloth quilting
• Micro quilting and dense background designs
• Bobbin thread

Product Details

Brand: Aurifil
Thread Collection: Mako Cotton
Colour Number: 2225
Colour Name: Salmon
Colour Type: Solid
Thread Weight: 50wt
Ply: 2-ply
Fibre Content: 100% Cotton
Cone Size: 6,452 yards (5,900 metres)
SKU: MK50CO-2225

Recommended Needles

• 80/12 Microtex/Sharp, Universal, Quilting, or Denim needle
• 4.0 Longarm needle
• Aurifil 50wt may also be used in the bobbin

Why Choose an Aurifil 50wt Cone?

If you love Aurifil 50wt and go through thread faster than you go through fabric, the cone is a wonderful option!

With significantly more thread than a standard spool, it's ideal for quilters who sew frequently, enjoy larger projects, or want to keep a favourite colour ready for their next creative adventure.

Special Order Information

Special Order Item: Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks for your thread to arrive, based on distributor availability.

Aurifil Mako 50wt Salmon 2225 is a beautiful addition to your thread collection, offering dependable performance and warm, delicate salmon-pink colour for all kinds of quilting and sewing projects.