Debbie C

When my mother in law passed (she was an amazing seamstress, made everyone's wedding gowns) I got all of her sewing supplies including boxes of those massive factory spools of thread. I was in hog heaven!! BUT, when I started using them, I realized because of their age, they were all rotted and breaking with every little tug. It broke my heart to have to throw them away. :(
Never skimp on your thread :thumbup:

Deborah12687

I buy my thread by the big cones at my favorite discount fabric store. They are a lot cheaper then going to Joanne's or Handcock fabrics. I save small spools and refill them from the bigger cones.

Stitchnripper

I am so interested in how you do this!

jacee kay

my machine doesn't like the cheap thread. I buy connecting threads and sometimes other brands if I need a certain color and don't have it. I am hoping connecting threads will have a sale soon, I'm getting low on white.

clem55

this made me remember the time at a HAncock store, 50% off notion sale. Lady checking out before me had a shopping basket FULL of thread, she had purchased two of every color they had. I could only wonder where she could store so much thread. And when buying thread at drugstores, food stores, dollar stores, sometime what appears cheap really isn't because there isn't as much thread on the spool. I'Ve been filling bobbins with serger thread lately and using them on top and botttom. I havent noticed any problems. I do need to pick-up a thread stand though! I'd like to know how you refill the small spools also. , but the bobbinsd work fine too.

Up North

I sew with the surger thread on the cones from Joanns they are regular price $1.99 I have had NO problems

Deb watkins

i don't skimp on quality thread, figure if i'm going to spend all that money on quality fabrics they should be sewn together with quality thread.[/quote]

I agree with this as well. I put a lot of time and effort in to my quilts to have them fall apart because of poor quality thread.

amma

I have purchased large spools of thread for piecing. I like to keep a few neutral colors and black and white.

I do not try and match colored thread for piecing, only for quilting :D:D:D

BellaBoo

I bought one of the packages of tiny different color threads for $1 at a dollar store to use the spools for decoration. No way I'd use it to sew anything. It's the cheapest poly with slubs and thin spots. If you ever look at thread under a microscope you can see immediately what the differences are between the different brands of thread. A child's working microscope purchase will pay for itself just to look at thread and fabric count.

mytwopals

Have you tried picking, combing and spinning cotton into thread? There are machines to perform these tasks today. But it does take money and energy to run the machines. For what you get, $1 a spool is cheap.