Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 4644 Smoke Blue

Bring beautiful depth and subtle colour variation to your quilting and sewing projects with Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Cone 4644 Smoke Blue.

Smoke Blue is a lovely variegated thread featuring a blend of smoky blue tones that create gentle movement and visual interest as you stitch. Its shifting shades bring dimension and texture to quilting designs, making it a wonderful choice for projects inspired by misty skies, coastal landscapes, and soft, sophisticated colour palettes.

This versatile thread pairs beautifully with denim blues, soft greys, crisp whites, cool neutrals, and contemporary quilting fabrics. Whether you're creating flowing quilting patterns, adding texture to a whole cloth quilt, or looking for a blue thread with a little extra personality, Smoke Blue offers beautiful colour variation without the need to change threads.

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: 4644
Colour Name: Smoke Blue
Thread Weight: 50wt
Ply: 2-ply
Fibre Content: 100% Cotton
Cone Size: 6,452 yards (5,900 metres)
SKU: MK50CO-4644

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 Smoke Blue 4644 is a beautiful addition to your thread collection, offering dependable performance and softly shifting blue tones that bring depth and interest to all kinds of quilting and sewing projects.