I have a Brother, white & Viking. I have used many different kinds, includint poly from threadart. funny but most of them were fine but sometimes Brother balks. different mcahine act differntly to thread. I use rayon on shirts etc but on wahsable like dishtowerel & the new craubbies by Dc I used poly. Daughter is doing bas & she used poly. Holdas up better Try some out before investing in a sampler. I have a ot of colors--navys that i never use.

I bought the Madeira chest of thread when I bought my embroidery machine, and I also use Sulky and Robinson-Anton. They all work okay but I like the Madeira the best...

I recently tried Thread Art Polester. It's quite inexpensive, but so far it works fabulous with my machine. I can't remember for sure but I believe a 1000 yard roll is under $3. Several of us are now using it and like it alot. www.threadart.com

Sorry! they are 1.69 per 1000 M spool. I would try a sample but I think it is worth a try.

Boo Hoo I'm crying for all those who use RA.

. If you go to the top of the page and in search put embroidery machine lets chat, there is a thread listed there under that name that is just a source of info.

It's a Janome 350 and I can t wait for her to arrive!!

Thanks for all the input! I was concerned about thread quality,etc. I. Ever consider what my new girl might prefer!!

We are all so different; I have great luck with this one. You'll find you'll use different ones for different projects. Rayon if for that shine, but sometimes you'll use cotton and for all these different threads you'll have to have different needles to play with because just because one needle says it plays well with one thread it will also depend on the stablizier you are using. Don't go big until you figure out what projects you'll do and what colors you may use more than others. I know that you want to just jump in there and get it all but I'd hold off. Even stabilizers are different from brands to brands. I've just recently found out about one for use on top of towels instead of water soluable called melt and something, can't remember. What makes it better for towels is that what is under the stitches stay and what's not stitched down melt away with a low iron. By it staying under the stitches your design stays better. I hope we all have helped with all of our opinions; which is what you asked for. HA HA

I just went to a class with a Viking educator and she said it wasn't a matter of a machine preferring certain thread it's a matter of finding the right needle to make it happy. Just food for thought.

I took a class on the weekend, because I wasn't able to drag my Baby Lock Ellisimo out to the shop, they let me use the Big Bernina, boy I have to say, you are right it was very tempermental, I am sure glad I didn't buy that machines. I came home and thanked God that I purchased the Baby Lock Ellisimo, what a different, and my machine is also a very expensive machine.