DH purchased 15 spools of Serger thread at $1.00 a spool from a thrift store for me. So I am going thru that (maybe for a lifetime). But I only use it for Art hanging quilts and piecing, not quilting. It is very linty and I have to clean my machine often. A friend gave everyone in our Bee an inexpensive cone holder. It was a large empty jar of Jiff Peanut butter with a grommet in the center of the lid. The thread goes up thru the grommet and the cone bounces a little in the jar but it works great. I sit it behind my machine.