They have the Dritz thread holder at JoAnns and I bought mine with a 50% off coupon.

In a pinch, I have even used a drinking straw. It fits over the spool holder and extends out enough for a cone. You can cut the straw to fit your large spool. I have used it many times on my FW and Viking with absolutely no trouble at all.

I close the top on my HV Sapphire 875, I thread it through the space between the lid and the machine.

I put my cones in an empty coffee can. Have a large safety pin taped to the rear of my machine (behind where a spool would go) and I feed the thread thru the pin's hole before doing the machine threading.
I had no luck at all with various stands and I had 3 different ones.

I have the plastic thread holder that is most common but I was thinking about putting it in my travel bag and getting one of the metal flower cone holders.

Sounds like 'the' solution. I have a rainbow stash of thread cones, 30 years old, from our defunct sewing factory. Stands have been partially successful.

I just stick a regular spool inside the cone and it works perfectly. :lol:

i use them all the time, i just set the cone down in back of my machine so that it spins off the top and thread as usual. have no problem. good value and love it

I found that if I first thread the thread thru the eye that is on my bobbin winder then thread as normal. The only draw back is if you have to wind a bobbin you have to unthread your machine and then rethread it.

yes you can either buy a large spool holder that sits behind your machine and you thread it just like you would with reg. thread on your machine. I teach a class here and so my husband made several out of 2x4 piece and a small dowel to hole the thread and a wire hanger cut off with a round section on top to run the thread through, a lot cheaper. the 2x4 just makes it sturdy you could use a thinner piece