Welcome from South Louisiana. Glide has a polyester thread in a gold tone that looks like metallic, but doesn't shine quite as much. The gals that I know that use metallic thread use it for Wall hangings that will get washed maybe once or twice in a lifetime. But that doesn't mean that you can't use it if you want to. Personally, I wouldn't use the metallic for a baby quilt, but that is just me. Cotton or Polyester is a good soft thread.