I like to use the 100% cotton thread, but it is sometimes hard for me to find. Most thread is nylon covered with cotton. I too run some of it through bees wax. I have never done anything but hand quilting, to me that is the best part. Trying to get a top finished now to place in floor frame. Try to keep a small lap quilting project going also. Quilting by hand is so relaxing to me. No quilt shop within 50 miles of me, so when I go I try to stock up on all kinds of quilting thread in all colors. Ninnie