TeresaA

I am a huge fan of Glide on my longarm and domestic. Yes, the tension is nice.

I have had issues getting the thread to wind on my standalone bobbin winder, but I think the same problems would occur with any trilobal poly. The thread is springy, so if I slow the winder down at all while it's winding a bobbin, the thread springs out of the winder or the tension gets screwed up. My solution is that I use cotton in the bobbin. It's a bit of a bummer, because you can put so much more Glide on a bobbin than you can cotton of similar weight. The thread compresses or something. I know I can get the magna-Glide bobbins, but I guess I'm too cheap ;-). And besides, I have a lot of cotton to use up.

I also don't enjoy ripping out trilobal polyester, or sewing ends in. It tends to fray and split. Again, I don't think this is a problem that is unique to Glide. Also, the Glide has so little breakage that I don't have as many ends to sew in, just the ones from running out of bobbin thread.

But minor bad things (along with good) aside.

The Glide thread is beautiful, shiny, lays nicely and works like a dream. It comes in a phenomenal number of colors. It is extremely reasonably priced compared with some other companies' threads.

The thread cards are made of real thread and are relatively extremely cheap compared to other companies' thread cards. I advise calling and ordering one since the cards are far more true to color than the web site pictures.

People recommend using Military Gold to emulate gold metallic thread. I like Cleopatra instead for this as well as some other colors that I would list upon request. I'd have to dig out my thread.

I went back to cotton after using Glide for awhile and my heart sank at how dull the quilting stitches looked in comparison. Using Glide is addictive.

Glide is made in the USA.

If you "Like" Fil-Tec's Facebook page, you'll hear about the occasional sales they have.

I find it hard to say enough good about Glide thread. I think every quilter should get a chance to use it at some point.

Oh, I forgot. The customer service with this company is AMAZING. Give it a try.

No affil. Just an extremely satisfied customer.