I have lots of thread and I don't just dump them. I have some threads that I have had almost every since I have been married, they work just fine.

I also have a lot of new ones for my embroidery machine and it is just to expensive to dump. If I feel the thread isn't any good, then I will toss it, but that hasn't happened very often.

Hmmm.... With her logic, how do we explain all the antique quilts that have lasted hundreds of years. Why haven't they fallen apart due to aged thread - just ask'in LOL

Beware!!! I have heard and read that thread does get old and brittle after several years. To revitalize your thread spritz it with water. Also why take a chance with your hard worked project using old thread. Connecting thread sells 1200 yds for $2.49 and my machine and I really like it. Since I use neutrals for peicing I do use up spools and it takes a lot of thread for FMQ so my thread is not old!!!!!!!

Any thread stored in a very dry or damp place can get brittle. However- most of us who sew don't sotre the thread that way and it lasts. When to buy thread- ON SALE

I have threads from the time I started sewing and quilting and I never throw way anything. I think she was helping the LQS.

I rather akin this to the car dealership's service department or quick lube place telling you that your oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles when your Factory Service manual recommends 6,000.
Take a peek at your oil change sticker - if the interval is less than what is recommended for your vehicle.. take note.
(BTW - I'm a former Service Director for a car dealership.)

Unless you have an older model vehicle or drive in extreme conditions... that 3K oil change is just lining the pockets of the owners. ;)

Just like the suggestion to buy new thread is for the shop owner.

I agree with you that she wanted to make sales/ I have thread that is over 10years old and it is perfectly alright. Besides my LQS would have told me about it if there was a problem. Not every one can afford to buy cotton all the time, that is plain stupid to throw away perfectly good stock just because some one told you too. Use your own mind about it.

I agree with you that she wanted to make sales. I have thread that is over 10years old and it is perfectly alright. Besides my LQS would have told me about it if there was a problem. Not every one can afford to buy cotton all the time, that is plain stupid to throw away perfectly good stock just because some one told you too. Use your own mind about it.

When my grandparents died I was given all my grandmother's sewing stuff, and some of the thread did break easily but - wait for it, the thread was from the 1920s and 1930s!

I like that, "I have thread of all ages." And so do I.