Bumping an old thread (ha! I made a funny...given the subject matter) because that link that Peggy gave is a WEALTH of information! Thank you so much!

If you are looking for groups of thread, try Connecting Threads. They have sets of 10 spools in groups that go together. Very reasonable in price also.

I have 2 brothers and use what ever I have close at hand with the color I need. I slow the speed down with metallics but it is more for the needle grooving than thread. And I also FMQ with metallics on my brothers.

I will say though, my machines dont like pre-wound bobbins, they always mess up. Tried everything, finally just decided they dont like the pre-wound....so just wind my own. :) Sometimes machines do "tell" you what works best. Many of my quilt projects "tell" me what they want as well. Of course I might just be crazy :)

I always based my needle on the fabric I am using, then select a thread for that needle/fabric, rather than selecting needle first. Jeans and upholstery materials require heavier duty needles than cotton, and thread also needs to be heavier. For standard cotton piecing, I use an 80/20 universal with 60wt thread. For embroidery I use 70/11 with 40wt thread. :) just depends on the fabric and what I am doing,

I don't think so...I hear those voices, too...since I'm a newbie, not always on the projects, but I definitely hear them in the fabric store
(insert creepy voices-in-your-head sound here) {{"...buy meeeee....buy meeee...."}}

When I started quilting, I switched to 100% cotton thread (cotton fabric / cotton thread -- well, it made sense to me). I started out with Gutterman and had absolutely no problems, though many members of the quilt police would ask me WHY I used THAT thread. It does create lint, but all threads do. And I clean the lint out every time I change the bobbin. Then I took a machine quilting class with Harriet Hargrave, and she gave us a sample of Prescencia thread. I love it, it works fine in my Bernina, and there's a little cachet in saying "It's made in Spain". It creates much less lint than the Gutterman. I purchased a cone of white, beige, gray and black, and find that I can sew almost anything. I now use the Gutterman for sewing on bindings, since I have almost every color they sell. I use an 80/12 needle for piecing and a 90/14 for topstitching. I also use the 90/14 for paper piecing, though those darn quilt police tell me I should be using a smaller needle. I had never heard of Brother thread until this thread, so looked at the Amazon.com link. It's poly-cotton, so I won't buy it.

I have a Brother and they recommended their embroidery thread for embroidery only and carried guittermam and Metler threads (sorry about the spellings) hope this makes since.

I've never had a problem with a machine that the thread itself was the issue. Usually my problem has been a needle that should be replaced, thread getting wound around the spool pin from going to fast then stopping suddenly, forgetting to have enough thread behind the needle at the start of a seam, lint in the bobbin area, etc. All of which could seem like an issue with the thread but really aren't.

I don't know your machine but I have never heard of any machine that can only use one kind and weight of thread. You just have to know how to adjust the tension on your machine.

Never heard of Brother Thread.

Cuckoo?

It seems they make embroidery thread. Is that what your machine does?

agreed. I have a cheap Brother and it doesn't care!

I have recently started using Connecting Threads Essential Cotton Thread and I really like it. I'm planning to buy every color, but it may take awhile.