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12-30-2011, 02:09 PM

#21

deemail

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Location: Lived in San Diego now retired in Eagar, AZ.

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i use cone thread, signature, maxifil, quilting, i just buy the biggest cones i can find and then use them on serger, sewing machine, and quilting machine...the cost is one factor, the color availability is another... and the flexibility... I buy 3 shades of gray, black, and white in 4 cone lots for the serger, BUT everything else is in 2 color lots, just for the needles on the serger.... if i am sewing something that matters, the colors go on the 2 needle places, and the appropriate gray goes on the last 2 places... colors for the sewing machine, colors for the quilting machine, grays are for general sewing and quilting on the serger... ps........when i buy whites, i DO buy 2 whites, palest cream and palest ecru....that way when using 4 whites, one of them will be just right for the 'seam needle' that shows... i just move it to the right place and all the other whites are moved to accommodate it...

12-30-2011, 02:17 PM

#22

babyboomerquilter

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Location: Ohio

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I like Madiera, gutterman and Threadart.coms thread. My machine seems to like it.

12-30-2011, 02:39 PM

#23

Becky Crafts

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Location: Florida

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I like the essentials line. So far no breakage or raveling.

12-30-2011, 02:42 PM

#24

Mariposa

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Location: Eastern Washington

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I like CT threads, Signature, also Mettler, King Tut, and Aurifil. I do not like Coats & Clark or Guttermann.
Perhaps some trial and error to find some that work for you~

12-30-2011, 02:55 PM

#25

DogHouseMom

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Knot Merrill, Southern Indiana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by QuiltE

With those problems the first thing I'd do would be to try another kind. Sometimes a machine does not like particular types of thread.

I just recently tried Aurifil. It seems pricey, but with it being so fine, you get a lot more mileage and it makes for such a nice finish on your work. I didn't think different thread could make such a difference. Now I know! And now I have a lot of other thread in my stash that I don't want to use, now that I've found Aurifil, though I will have to, to get it used up.

I can ditto all of that!! I loved the Aurifil compared to most others that I had tried so much that I splurged and bought the color card!

I still use some others: Gutterman, mettler (60wt in the bobbin is my fav), Superior King Tut, and a few others.

I don't like C&C - had the same breakage problem combined with way too much lint build up. Hated Connecting Threads Essential line - had 10 spools and sold them I disliked it so much - the lint was incredible!!