I can't imagine worrying about the cost of a bit of thread. Never used the cheap stuff, never will. I buy my thread from the commercial sewing machine guy. It's good stuff on huge cones. I think I was told early on how bad the cheap stuff was with all the lint. When I first started machine embroidery some of the woman would talk about what they did to save thread. I think a lot of that comes from the depression and it was something their parents drilled into them - waste not, want not. The concept of pulling thread thru the needle after clipping it from the cone on their machine threw them into fits. Didn't understand that pulling backwards leads to more lint.
Judi
uote=BellaBoo]It will make you a more careful sewer! I found when I have the expensive thread on my machine I am more careful and precise when sewing and making sure my thread tails aren't too long. I don't want to waste any of the thread. :thumbup:[/quote]