Getting Started Series: A Few Words about Thread

There is really only one rule about thread....don't buy cheap stuff.  That is pretty much it.
The five-spools-for-a-dollar you sometimes find...  Leave them where you found them.

There is a lot of good thread on the market.  Personally I like Aurifil.  It is an Italian thread.  The main reason I like it is less lint in my sewing machine (and because my Quilting Auntie told me to use nothing but Aurifil.  I always do what I'm told.)

I found a very good article on choosing the right thread for any sewing project from sewing bathing suits to quilt piecing:
Click HERE.

Good thread will cost more, but it's worth it.  I buy mine right off Amazon; $10 a spool. (And, believe me, these spools last a L-O-N-G time.)

I have a drawer full of thread, but I tend to quilt piece with only a few colors: a very light blue, # 2600;  a beige, # 2000 and occasionally a medium gray # 2605.

My Bowl-O-Thread