I'll spend for whatever I think I'll find useful
I've had best results with Martelli blades.
Harbor Freight are useful for utility quilts but not when I need really good cuts.
Am devoted to my Steady Betty for ironing as I piece. Have the large and the small.
For threads: Aurifil and Superior's Bottom Line
For needles: Superior's titanium #12
Am probably the only quilter on the Board who dislikes Gingher scissors and I have alot of them, most of them unused. I prefer Fiskars. The one Gingher exception is their thread clipper - like that alot.