Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 4650 Leaves

Bring the beautiful, changing colours of nature to your quilting and sewing projects with Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Cone 4650 Leaves.

Leaves is a beautiful variegated thread inspired by the rich, earthy colours of foliage and the changing seasons. Its blend of nature-inspired greens and warm autumn tones creates lovely movement, depth, and visual interest as you stitch, making it a wonderful choice for decorative quilting and projects where you want your thread to become part of the design.

This versatile thread pairs beautifully with botanical prints, woodland fabrics, earthy neutrals, autumn-inspired collections, and traditional or modern quilting palettes. Whether you're creating a nature-inspired quilt, adding texture to leafy applique designs, or looking for a thread that introduces beautiful colour variation, Leaves offers changing shades without the need to switch 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: 4650
Colour Name: Leaves
Colour Type: Variegated
Thread Weight: 50wt
Ply: 2-ply
Fibre Content: 100% Cotton
Cone Size: 6,452 yards (5,900 metres)
SKU: MK50CO-4650

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 Leaves 4650 is a beautiful addition to your thread collection, offering dependable performance and rich, nature-inspired variegated colour for all kinds of quilting and sewing projects.