What is a good brand and price to order a number of cones of serger thread?

24 cones = 8 colors (three cones of each color)...or 6 if you buy 4 in each color.

I have stocked up on serger thread cones in a *lot* of colors, because I'm fussy about having as-close-as-possible matches for all threads in my projects. Whenever TSWLTH has "All Thread 50% Off" sales, (like they do at the moments), I buy several cones.

I use white the most, then black, navy, off white/beige, med. blue, pale blue, red, purple, green, periwinkle, taupe, pink,.

In addition, I have many cones of wooly nylon.

For a project in a new color I don't think I'll ever use again, I buy just one cone, and wind bobbins for the needle and the looper(s).

No one ever said sewing was inexpensive.....

Yes, 3000 is standard. Some brands come in 5000 as well. Personally, I usually buy Empress Mills:

And it comes on cones (usually 3000, 5000, and 7000 for industrial use), or cops of 1000 metres. Empress cones look like they are 5000, :D On some machines you need to be careful about the bigger cones, and while Empress Mills use the same size core for theirs, some manufacturers use a bigger core for the larger cones, and they don't always sit well on a domestic machine.

I tend to buy cones in commonly used colours and cops in less common colours and for use on the sewing machine, though I also have a thread stand and use cones for some projects and some threads. I like to go up to the mill and pick up miss-wound cones for fantastic prices, but as they are 350 miles away, it doesn't happen often!

You never made more true statements....

I wait until TSWLTH has sales, and buy thread then as well.. I "stock" big spools of "typical" colours... For normal sewing, I use Gutermann from Germany (only), and I don't have problems with it at all (as some have reported -- for example, I have yet to see the lint problems).

Serger thread I tend to test buy with one colour, and then stock up if it runs well. My serger problably gets the least use of any of my regular machines, but it definitely comes in handy when I use it, and it makes a nice finished seam...

Sewing expensive?..... Yes it is, but it has nothing on machine embroidery.. I now have four, 8 drawer cabinets for storage of embroidery supplies alone.. I swear that machine embroidery is another excuse for yet more stash. (laughter)

I must have 300 cones of embroidery thread alone. My latest "I must have it" purchase was 25 1000m cones of colour varigated poly thread, and 10 1000m cones of metallics with a poly core.. Not totally sure what I will use it on, but it is ever-so-pretty.. (more laughter)

Thread, stabilizers, and needles alone can keep you in the poor house... (laughter)

me

I have horses so was initiated into expensive hobbies many years back LOL. At least sewing equipment doesn't eat or need shoes!! What is TSWLTH? Do I just google that?

Dana

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What I read about in one book, and discussed here a few years back, was the use of cones of similar but different colours for projects. The general theory being that you buy 4 or more cones in different shades of green (or whatever colour), and that way one of them is probably going to be a close match for your project, so that goes in the left needle, and the next closest three make up the other three threads, so they at least tone with your project.

This way you get more project colour matches for less overall numbers of cones. And things like grey / beige / taupe can probably cross-substitute. And if you get something difficult to match you can either just buy one cone - or even a standard sewing cotton reel to put in the left needle for your hard to match colour.

Obviously you buy 4 or more cones of the colours you know you're going to use a lot of (black, white).

When I bought my first set of thread for the serger, I got 4 black, 4 off-white (covers both white and cream), 4 different dark blues, 2 different greys and a selection of cones in different colours - just one of each - a couple of greens, reds, purple, pink etc. etc.. I've also picked up odd cones here and there over time - one sewing shop I use sometimes has used factory left overs at 50p a cone. And I lucked out one day on a trip to a charity (goodwill) shop and found a basket of used cones. So I now have 50 ish cones covering the rainbow, which should keep me sorted out for many years to come!

HTH

Sarah

AKA Jo-Ann Fabrics(HAH!) and Crafts(mostly crafts)

See my post in alt.sewing.. At this point, I'd rather shop at WalMart.

me

I sometimes get partial cones from a local sewing manufacture, so I have lots on hand. Some of the cones are the ones on the larger base. I've found that I can take a 2 ltr soft drink bottle, cut off the bottom, and thread my cone through the top. A free thread holder. This also works when I want to use a small spool of regular thread because of the color. HTH Barbara in SC and now FL