Originally Posted by
Sephie
It was much harder to break the poly serger cone thread that I bought as a newbie (not knowing you're not supposed to piece/quilt with that!) so I feel better about having made several quilts with it! I had to pull a couple of times to figure out how much pressure to use. It finally stretched a ton before it snapped.
I couldn't break the Coats and Clark machine quilting 30wt thread that I used to buy before I knew anything about weights of thread. It actually hurt my hand a little.
Surger thread is also a two-ply thread, as is Aurifil. I think you'd be surprised at how many of us use surger thread in our quilts. We just don't tell anybody (usually). Surging has straight threads that come from the needles. They have to be as strong as any sewing thread. It's the bottom threads that make the loops. If the needle thread breaks, the loops fall off.
Surging thread works just fine in my sewing machines. I just need a thread stand to get it to the machine.