pumpkinpatchquilter

Ok, this is going to sound like a stupid question. Seriously, I did not start quilting yesterday, believe or not I've been doing this almost a decade!! Hahaha - I only ventured out of the 100% cotton thread waters in the last two years or so. Since I started quilting I just had it stuck in my head that you shouldn't use All Purpose thread for quilting. Well. I mean, can you??? People use polyester for piecing nowadays, and it's a cotton/poly blend. So could I use Coats and Clark all purpose thread for a bang around quilt?? Is there any reason it wouldn't be good for free motion quilting? I'm spending a fortune sending away for quilting thread...it'd be great to have something I could get at Walmart at 11 o'clock at night when the quilting bug hits me!!!

Thanks!!