19angel52

I've used cotton - and am partial to Guttermann....when it's on sale at Joanns, lol.
Have poly variegated from other places - and it works wonderfully for satin stitch applique and also free motion quilting....
I think it's just what your machine likes....!

dixiechunk

For machine piecing my preference is Star cotton thread or the line that Connecting Threads has - I think it's called Essentials. For hand applique I prefer YLI silk although I do have some Kinkame and in a pinch will use any cotton thread. For machine applique I have no preference - color matching is the key for me. I do very little quilting so I let my LA make that selection, what little I do I use cotton.

Camping Betty

what is the best thread for hand quilting?
I am using coats and clark hand quilting thread and hate it.

mderby

So glad you asked this question. When I took the quilting class, it was mentioned to always use cotton. I never knew why. But I've always wanted to try variegated, but hesitated because it was poly. Think I'll walk on the wild side and get some! Thank you.

Stitchnripper

Me too, and neither are my machines.

:)

Dolphyngyrl

both are fine for me

brushandthimble

Mine too! I also find that with Aurfil I get more thread on the bobbin. I use this as my bobbin thread when quilting a baby quilt as I like to use all cotton thread on baby quilts. My other bobbin thread for quilting (HQ16) is So Fine, not a cotton thread but very nice.

brushandthimble

I use variegated to quilt with about 99% of the time; 100% cotton. YLI and King Tut are both 100% cotton.

piepatch

For piecing quilts, I prefer a good, mercerized cotton thread.

Jennifer22206

doesn't matter to me. My machines aren't picky. Whatever I can get on sale.