This has been the most awesome response! Special kudos to ArchaicArcane for the financial side of thread and I look forward to your test results. I'm sure anyone following this thread on thread appreciates the work you are doing on your blog. I knew I'd get lots of quilter's personal favorites. Seems like Aurifil may be the most popular and with the price information I'm going to get started trying that myself. Thank you to everyone!