Originally Posted by
coopah
I am with you, Bear. Sometimes folks think if they pay a lot for something, it has to be good. Sort of like the old story, "The Emperor's New Clothes." Coats & Clark is my choice. My great-grandmother and grandmother didn't use anything fancy and their quilts are still in use!! I've tried a couple of other threads and keep going back to C & C.
It's also my "go-to" thread for piecing. I was told by a quilt shop owner that for quilting on my long-arm, I should use something different because of the lint factor. He said that C&C has changed recently and his customers had started complaining. He's steering them now toward Superior Threads for this reason and said that the head of Superior used to be with C&C. Not sure how much of that info is correct, but it's what I've heard.
As for pre-washing, I always pre-wash my fabrics after seeing a quilt ruined because the dyes ran once it was washed.