Try it and see if you like it. She may just not like the thread or maybe wants you to buy hers. I got some after there was a thead posted on here from someone saying high lint and colors fading onto fabric. I emailed Connecting Threads and said they stand behind their thread and haven't heard of any fading. So it seems to me if I'd gotten thread and it was fading I'd contact the company and get replacement. I got the thread and while I haven't used that much of it since I've been doing a lot of embroidery I don't have any problems with what I have used. I had also bought the really big cone for my piecing and haven't had any problems with that either. If you don't see a problem with the tension then don't worry about it.