Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Thread Cone - 5017 Shining Green

Bring a beautiful burst of fresh, vibrant colour to your quilting and sewing projects with Aurifil Mako 50wt Cotton Cone 5017 Shining Green.

Shining Green is a lively, radiant green thread inspired by fresh spring foliage, lush garden leaves, and the vibrant colours of nature. Its cheerful, refreshing character adds brightness and personality to your stitching, making it a wonderful choice for both traditional and contemporary quilting projects.

This beautiful shade pairs wonderfully with botanical prints, colourful florals, fresh yellows, soft aquas, crisp whites, rich blues, and modern quilting palettes. Whether you're creating a cheerful spring-inspired quilt, adding definition to leafy applique designs, or looking for a beautiful green thread to complement your favourite fabrics, Shining Green brings a lovely touch of natural colour to your projects.

As a solid-colour thread, Shining Green 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: 5017
Colour Name: Shining Green
Colour Type: Solid
Thread Weight: 50wt
Ply: 2-ply
Fibre Content: 100% Cotton
Cone Size: 6,452 yards (5,900 metres)
SKU: MK50CO-5017

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 Shining Green 5017 is a beautiful addition to your thread collection, offering dependable performance and fresh, vibrant green colour for all kinds of quilting and sewing projects.