Originally Posted by
Bree123
Personally, I like working with Aurifil 50/2 for piecing & 40/2 for quilting (I buy at
http://www.hawthornethreads.com/threads/aurifil). I feel spoiled every time I quilt with it. <snip> It definitely costs more, but the money I save by not having to service my machine as often helps to offset the additional cost.
Aurifil costs more than Connecting threads and Coats and Clark but it is
NOT an expensive thread when you figure out the price per per yard. I would post a link to a post I made on my blog 2+ years ago but I get censored every time I do. I did the math and Mettler and Gutermann come in only less expensive than KingTut and Masterpiece.