I stitch miles and miles of receiving blankets and burp cloths for Newborns in Need. My serger thread stash is running low. I see there are several brands of serger thread available now. I confess to having 'serger fear' and really like to load mine and go a long time before the Great Threading Debacle comes. Is Maxi still a good choice or have you found something wonderful? Polly
Maxilock is still my favorite for inexpensive serger thread, and it's on sale at Wawak this month for $1.60/cone.
Kay
My OSMG (the one you recommended, Kay, thanks) told me in no uncertain terms that most (if not all) of my serger and converstitch issues would be solved by using "good thread". He recommended Maxi-Lock. TSWLTH no longer carries it, so no more 40% discounts there. :-(
Thank you kindly. I'd never heard of Wawak. Their ordered system is a little silly. Apparently they demand that you have a user name that no one else has ever used. I'm betting when I go back, the system will demand that I remember it. I'm thinking of writing it on the serger. That sounds like a plan. Polly
Polly Esther wrote: :Thank you kindly. I'd never heard of Wawak. Their ordered system is a :little silly. Apparently they demand that you have a user name that no one :else has ever used. I'm betting when I go back, the system will demand that :I remember it. I'm thinking of writing it on the serger. That sounds like a :plan. Polly
Wawak (and Cleaner's supply, who own them) are a great source for things like thread, zippers, standard buttons, needles, and so on. Cheaper than nearly anyone else, cheap shipping, fast,good cusomter service. The web site leaves much to be desired. It's gotten better, though. It no longer loses your shopping cart half way through, which used to sometimes happen.
Polly, Wawak used to be Atlanta Thread. I guess I never had to run the gauntlet of their website completely because I had an Atlanta Thread account.
I've been offline, so this is probably too late for advice for you... but I buy a lot of stuff from them. They're fast to ship, and carry good stuff. If you use poly thread and like Gutermann's polyester I've pretty much switched from the usual spools you find at Joann, etc. for the Mara 100 from Wawak. Gutermann says it's a "microcore spun poly", comes on a tube rather than a spool, for $2.50, and has the length of thread on one of the $8 spools at Joann. 400 colors (iirc -- some ridiculous amount!) and they will give you. a printed color chart from Gutermann that's much better than the little bitty spots of color in the printed Wawak catalog. That's also where I get my iron cleaner (big tubes! cheap!), shirt buttons (cheap! cheap!) and Organ needles, which are quite happy in my machines for regular sewing, and at about $15/hundred, much, much better for the budget than Schmetz -- though I still do use some of the Schmetz specialty needles, as the Organ needles come in sharps or ballpoint. Shipping time to me is about 2-3 days. and I can't buy gas to drive to the fabric store for their shipping charges.
They did screw up one order for me by packing it poorly -- but fixed it promptly, cheerfully, and tossed in a big chocolate chip cookie as an apology, so I've been happy enough with them since they bought out Atlanta Thread.
And yes, their website is, if not actually user-hostile, still much easier to use if you've got the printed catalog in front of you. At least they're willing to sell you stuff, unlike trying to source stuff from some of the wholesalers!!!
Kay
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