A sewing machine repairman told me one time that the cheap thread was a repairman's best friend.

I found some old, old, old thread in my old sewing box yesterday. Do any of you remember TG&Y? It came from there & that place has been closed for years. Anyway, I plan to give it to a quilting friend of mine as a joke.....she knows enough about quilting that she will know not to use it!

I do have a question: There is thread for piecing & thread for quilting, right???

There is not an exact answer... But yes most piece with a finer/ thinner weight than when they are quilting. But this could be another subject all by itself.

You might not like sewing with really cheap thread!
It breaks and tangles and even perhaps you machine will stutter and refuse to sew.
There isn't such a thing as 'PLAIN OLD CHEAP THREAD"
any more. Look for bargains in big huge spools of good thread, 100% cotton. It sews well, doesn't break or make tangles. Believe it or not your machine notices the difference, and will sew much better.

Curiously, quilters who restore old quilts look for that old thread! Especially when it comes on wooden spools.
They unroll the top layer off, and use the thread underneath, for mending, and replacing torn pieces with antique cloth of the same age...and like to find good old thread to go with it.

you cannot go wrong with Connecting Threads their thread is really cheap and a good quality

It is easy...just fill up a lot of empty plastic bobbins, and put one of them on the spindle of your machine, just like it was a spool.
Also this makes it easy to have the same thread top and bottom.
Interestingly, a full bobbin holds the same amount of thread as a small spool has on it. Try it!

Try Connecting Threads thread. I usually use King Tut but am pleased the the CT thread and it's tons cheaper.

I buy from Threadart. Good not expensive thread.

I use the Gutterman polyester thread in the large spools used for sergers. I buy it at JoAnn's with a coupon. It is nice and fine so quilt seams lay flat yet it is strong and doesn't break easily. I am currently using it to fmq on a quilt that I don't want the stitching to show up a lot. I saw a presentation by the President of Superior Threads and he convinced me the old thought that Poly thread would cut the cotton fabric is not true.

Debbie is so right. You don't want to put all of your hard work into something just to have it fall apart on you. I also use connecting threads to piece and machine quilt. I use Guttermans for hand quilting.

I wish I could use thread that costs $1 a spool. They stuff I have to buy for my LA is nearly $30 for a large spool! It only likes sew fine or king tut.

Hi try Atlanta Thread. They have good deals. maybe not a $1.00 a spool but worth the money for what you get. Maria

Fabric Depot usually has black & white spools for .99. They also have regular generous sales. I learned the hard way about using inferior or old products. But, my best deal was a laundry going out of business. I picked up a bunch of the big cones...odd grays & browns but also red, purple & blues. Brand new in the wrappers. They were fifty cents each! I have to fill bobbins to use them every once in a while, I just load up a bunch of them. Was a time I wouldn't have bothered but, once I sit down at my machine, it's easy. Now if I can just use them up before they (or me) get too old.

Cheap thread is never a bargin.