Originally Posted by MsLoriAnn
Everyone,
I must show off my current thread stash. JoAnne Fabrics in Waterloo Iowa was moving to a new location.
I tried, really tried, to NOT buy. But when it hit 90% off I succumbed!
The small spools were 18 cents apiece, larger spools 24 cents, and the cones were 49 cents!
I bought some one day, then back the next, and next. Finally I went in and bought the remaining Gutterman thread.
This basket is 16" X 24" and better than half full. I spent $100 total for $1000 worth of thread!
Wow! Great buy!!! About 20 years ago a local fabric store was closing and had a basket of thread, all Gutermann in all sorts of colors for 90% off. I asked her how much for the whole lot and bought it all. Don't remember what I paid, but my husband couldn't understand why I would buy such "ugly" colors. I sew for people and those colors have been a Godsend for me. Funky greens, yellows and oranges have come back. The nice thing about Gutermann is that it is polyester so will not go bad. I have never had a problem with any of it breaking or fading and I still have some of the odder colors left.