I bought some 100% cotton from Joann's for $1.99 -- a CONE! I bought one to see how it would work. It didn't beautifully with my sewing machine, hand sewing my binding AND it did GREAT on my Longarm!!!!!!! The thread didn't seem any more linty than others and didn't break, not even once on the Longarm (I can't say that about the more expensive threads)... :) :) wanna guess what I'm going to buy from now on????