I no longer use if for quilting since I mostly use Glide threads. However C&C Dual Duty is still a staple in my thread supplies.

C & C Dual Duty is what I prefer when hand sewing down binding--does shred like the all cotton and doesn't twist, etc like some poly thread.

I have quite a lot of Dual Duty, stored in the flat Valentine and Christmas chocolate cans (someone here is Very Helpful about scouting out the holiday cans, which arrive amazingly empty. :D ) I guess the polyester myth has kept me from using it for piecing - glad to hear that it works just fine.

hugs,
charlotte

This seems to be a good reason to buy the candy in these containers. Now what to do with the candy......

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I know this because I recently sought some out for sewing up jeans.
JoAnns carries it too. Just saying.

The Walmart here has a big selection of Guttermann thread and has Brother pre wound bobbins. Some $1 spools of poly in the craft dept. No Coats and Clark in the store.

I still use Coats and Clark and I love it.

Where can I find the cotton wrapped poly C&C thread? i have looked all over the internet. I assume this is the "old" C&C thread.

How interesting that you brought this up. I just took my sewing machine in for a service, and the lady at the shop checked the spool of thread I had on it (just all-purpose thread). Then she very seriously warned me never to use dual duty thread because it has a wax on it that builds up in the workings of the machine and affects how it works. I have never heard that before, and have never had a problem with dual duty thread. Has anyone else heard about this wax coating? Or is it another "myth"?

All of my machines are "older" - probably from the 1960s to about 1985. None of them are persnickety.