Hello I am new to embroidery from Australia and just bought a secondhand Janome 350e. Thanks so much for this thread it has been really informative, I have been looking at embroidery thread and have found some from a factory in China but am reluctant to buy them in case my machine doesnt like it. It is suppose to be a brother thread and is about $1.80 per 1,000m spool delivered. There is also another brand that is 4000m for $3.66 delivered. Am I ever going to use that much thread? That seems quite cheap to me but because I have to buy 50+ spools it gets expensive if it doesnt work. I wasnt sure if I could post links here but I can if anyone wanted to check it out for me. Thanks, Trish