Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 2912 Platinum

Soft, sophisticated, and wonderfully versatile, Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread in Platinum #2912 is a beautiful neutral that's perfect for piecing, quilting, applique, and everyday sewing.

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.

This generous 6,452-yard (5,900 metre) cone is especially useful for frequent sewists, larger quilting projects, longarm quilting, and anyone who seems to go through thread faster than they go through fabric. 😉

Perfect For

• Machine piecing
• Precision patchwork
• Machine quilting
• Longarm quilting
• Topstitching
• English Paper Piecing
• Needle turn applique
• Machine applique
• Machine embroidery
• Basting
• Whole cloth quilting
• Micro quilting
• Dense background quilting

Why Aurifil 50wt?

Strong, fine, and wonderfully versatile, Aurifil 50wt helps seams lie flatter and reduces unnecessary bulk. Platinum #2912 is a soft, refined neutral with a subtle grey tone, making it an especially useful thread to keep on hand. It pairs beautifully with white, cream, grey, charcoal, black, taupe, beige, navy, blue, green, pastels, low-volume fabrics, and modern prints. It's a wonderful choice for neutral backgrounds, contemporary quilts, low-volume projects, and quilting where you want the stitches to blend quietly rather than steal the show.

Specifications

• Brand: Aurifil
• Thread: Mako Cotton 50wt
• Colour: Platinum
• Colour Number: 2912
• Fibre: Cotton
• Weight: 50wt / 2-ply
• Size: Cone
• Yardage: 6,452 yards / 5,900 metres

Recommended Needles

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

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