Just twp experiences to relate. About 10 years ago, I bought a $280 Brother from Wal-Mart. Since it had been 30 years since I had sewn, I took a basic sewing course from a local Pfaff dealer. I had brought C&C thread to the class and my thread kept nesting and breaking and the instructor fiddled with the tension and just couldn't make it work. Finally, he handed me a spool of Gutterman and that little Brother sewed just as well as the expensive machines.
2nd story: I have my mother's Singer 401A and she sewed with C&C exclusively because that's all she had available in the 50s. So of course, I thought I'd use the C&C thread on it. But no, it wouldn't work with the Singer either. This is just my suspicion, but I think C&C is not as good a thread as it used to be. If it were still the same thread, my 401 should have loved it. I too buy Gutterman or better because the last thing I want to do is fight my sewing machines: Pfaff, Janome, Singer. (Gave the Brother to my granddaughter)
Last edited by jeanharville; 09-20-2012 at 05:10 PM.