I'm with the others ---- I've sewn with a lot of sewing machines and ANY machine can take ANY thread. It's a matter of tweeking the tensions. Continue with what you're using.

Machnes have a mind of their own when it come to thread. Use what works in your machine and you like the type an quality. this business of machine/brand/thread is..........well you fill in the blanks. My machines work with any thread I put on it I love the older Coats and Clark and buy all I can find. as well as that spool that still has the 25 cent price tag on it.

My guess is that some threads just wind up as "lemons" as anything else. I usually have good luck with star thread, but then had a spool that kept breaking on me, so I purchased a cone of King Tut for 29 buckaroos, Guess what, I still had breaks, so I went back to the star, and have been fine since. I am a fan of sulky for applique. I say, it is like anything else, find a brand that you have good luck with, and that is affordable for you and stick to it, regardless of other people's opinions and preference.

Be sure to match the needle size to the thread. That is more important then what brand of thread you use.

How do you know what needle size to use for what thread? Forgive the ignorance but I'm new to quilting/sewing.

Hi Josy! I am probably not the one to answer this question but what I normally use with 50 wt 2 ply is an 80/12. As I understand it, the heavier the thread the larger the number needle, i.e. 90. This question could be best answered on line. I know that Superior Thread Company has a DVD out that explains threads and needles. I do not have this DVD, but am considering buying it. Yolanda Wood River

Superior Threads has an EXCELLENT section of their website dedicated to education. For needle vs thread size, check out this chart. Even if you have a thread that is not theirs, you can compare the type and weight of your thread (which should be listed on the end of the spool) and find a similar thread on the chart, then see what needle is recommended.

https://www.superiorthreads.com/medi...guide-home.pdf

You can also go to www.superiorthreads.com, across the top of the page you will see a series of colored tabs. Click the green one labeled "Education" and you will have a wealth of information at your fingertips for free!

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yes Brother sells thread. i would want a second opinion. I have had Brothers for years and used all kinds of threads including Brother. Sounds like she was trying to sell you something.

Absolute tosh! I've lost count of the number of threads (no pun intended) I've seen where people comment that their machines don't 'like' a particular thread.

A machine does what you 'tell' it to - it is an inanimate object (much as we love them and give them names, lol). It may mean tinkering with the tension, bigger needle eye or changing needles - amazing what a sharp needle will achieve.

My Janome is the original Martini girl - any needle, any thread, any time (hope you all had that TV advert in the US.....). I even FMQ in metallic on it.

However my new Pfaff has been breaking it's bobbin thread despite all of the above, for both me and the shop owner so now back at Pfaff. When it comes back I expect it to do everything my Janome does or I'll be hounding them until it does.

As far as I know Brother thread is made by Robison-Anton. If you have a Brother Disney embroidery machine the color chart is based on Robison-Anton thread. Embroidery thread is 40wt. I have a couple spools of Brother 60wt poly bobbin thread that is made in Japan by Ozeki, maybe bobbin thread is what she was referring to when she said 60wt. I don't use it. I use Coats and Clark poly bobbin at 70 wt and love it, so does my machine. It is the only Coats and Clark thread I use in my machines.