Originally Posted by grammy17
Originally Posted by ckcowl
that thread is used for bobbins often...being 100 wt you can get ALOT of thread on a bobbin!
as long as it is still strong (does not break every few inches) it is fine for piecing. i use my thrift store threads for hand piecing alot.
I pulled on it as hard as I could and it did not break. I thought right away about the bobbin too. but I always thought you match the top and bottom thread.
Some machines are fussier about that than others. I keep my fine bobbin thread bobbins in a separate box from reguar thread bobbins. I use the bobbin thread on the embroidery machine. Since you don't know how old the thread is and if it is all cotton or not, I would do some test sewing with it. I find the old threads on my mother's old wooden spools is very brittle and breaks very easily. I have even found Coats & Clark thread breaks easily after being stored a few years.