Shale

Grounded Color and Smooth Performance in Shale Thread

Shale thread brings a natural, stone-inspired tone to your quilting and embroidery. This medium grey-brown color echoes the look of weathered rock and rich soil—perfect for grounding your project with subtle depth. It blends effortlessly into neutral palettes and adds a sophisticated contrast to brighter prints.

Use it when you want earthy warmth, calm strength, and a thread that disappears when needed—but stands strong when it counts.

Glide Precision You Can Trust

Part of Fil-Tec’s 40wt Glide thread collection, Shale thread runs clean and consistent through longarm and domestic machines. Its trilobal polyester construction resists fraying, produces minimal lint, and maintains perfect tension at any speed. The subtle gloss gives your stitches definition without flash, making it ideal for dense quilting or refined embroidery.

From tight curves to straight-line quilting, this thread keeps your work crisp and controlled.

Great for Neutrals, Nature Themes, and Background Work

Use Shale thread with taupes, browns, dusty blues, or warm greys for a rich, organic look. It’s ideal for landscape quilts, earth-toned palettes, and traditional layouts where thread shouldn’t overpower the piecing. Stitch it into borders, backgrounds, or motifs where you want texture without bold color contrast.

It offers quiet refinement and rugged strength in one flexible thread.

Why Choose This Product?

• Medium grey-brown tone with soft, natural depth

• 40wt trilobal polyester—strong, smooth, and low-lint

• Works beautifully on longarm and domestic machines

• Great for quilting, topstitching, embroidery, and detailed fills

• Pairs well with neutrals, earthy tones, traditional, and nature-inspired fabrics

Stitch with Grounded Elegance Using Shale Thread

Choose this thread when your quilt needs subtle structure, smooth stitching, and a natural color that ties your palette together effortlessly.

Fil-Tec Glide™ with Advanced Trilobal Technology will maintain consistent tension throughout every spool. The results are high quality, consistent stitch formation, fewer thread breaks, and fewer machine stops. The thread appears to melt into the fabric; Customers rely on the superior strength of Glide in fast-paced production environments. Stronger thread translates into fewer thread breaks and less machine downtime, Glide runs virtually lint-free through your machine’s needle and tensioners. Great for Machine Quilting, Piecing and Embroidery!

Grey, metal, sterling, neutral, silver, warm brown