Originally Posted by grannie karen

Have you looked at Thread Art? I believe the web site is threadart.com . I just purchased the large spools of 40 / 3ply cotton thread for 3.75 a spool. It is on sale right now until the 28th at this price. It is usually 4.75 a spool. They also have some "deals" on Ebay that are cheaper than the store at times.
I use in on a quilting machine.
I too went to a quilting store and looked at the same spools of thread but they wanted $12.00 a spool. Karen