Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 4250 Flamingo

Add a beautiful splash of cheerful colour to your quilting and sewing projects with Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Cone 4250 Flamingo.

Flamingo is a lively, tropical-inspired pink shade that brings warmth, brightness, and a playful touch to your stitching. Its fresh, vibrant character pairs beautifully with colourful florals, tropical prints, turquoise, coral, soft neutrals, and modern quilting palettes.

Whether you're creating a cheerful patchwork quilt, adding definition to floral applique designs, or looking for a pretty pink thread to complement your favourite fabrics, Flamingo is a wonderful choice for both everyday sewing and decorative quilting.

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: 4250
Colour Name: Flamingo
Thread Weight: 50wt
Ply: 2-ply
Fibre Content: 100% Cotton
Cone Size: 6,452 yards (5,900 metres)
SKU: MK50CO-4250

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 Flamingo 4250 is a beautiful addition to your thread collection, offering dependable performance and a lively, versatile pink for all kinds of quilting and sewing projects.