I love Gutterman's for hand quilting and I also buy it when on sale-I tend to use more white/beige than colors, so I load up when it is on sale. I also found (strange, but true) living in the tropics (very high humidity) I got mould on my C&C hand quilting thread but strangely, not on the Gutterman's! It is a little more expensive, but worth it.