I am a hand quilter and I use YLI too and find that it is a bit thick I have heard of people using DMC thread I personally have used that if I want my stitches to really show up. But recently came up on a cotton quilting thread on
http://www.connectingthreads.com/thr...ml?startRow=25 I am going to order some and see how it works. I will let you know how I like it.