Customer Reviews

Polyester Embroidery Thread Set - 40 Spools (500 meter spools/40 wt.) - Set C Vivid Colors

5 star:		(23)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This is a great option for you and your machine. It's hard to find thread sets at a good price. This set is VERY good quality, it doesn't snap as easy and the colors are vibrant.
People who were commenting that they were having trouble (unraveling and therefore thread waste) because the spools don't have a rim where you can insert the thread after cutting. I found a possible solution that can be very helpful. Cut a diagonal slit on top with a knife to insert thread and avoid unraveling. MAKE SURE THE SLIT IS SLANTED OR DIAGONAL....IT'S BETTER THIS WAY (thank you nice lady at Beverly's, San Jose for the diagonal idea ) . amazon also sells mesh to protect your spools but this is a good way and economic way to preserve your thread. I added some pics so you can have a visual. I hope this helps.

I recently purchased the Brother SE350 Computerized Embroidery-and-Sewing Machine and needed a selection of threads for the embroidery feature. These made a great selection and I have appreciated the variety of colors.

On embroidery a special thread is used in the bobbin, so these 500 meter spools go much further than you might expect, and they have worked well in my machine.

When I took the plastic wrapper off of the first spool, a hunk of strands came off. Worse, as I was feeding it through my sewing machine, the thread kept getting tangled. I don't think they're wound correctly at the manufacturing level. In addition, the plastic cores of some of the spools were jagged; my thread kept getting caught as it was unwinding from the spool into the sewing machine. The colors are vibrant and pretty, but the poor quality of the plastic core will keep me from purchasing in the future or recommending to fellow quilters.

Being a neophyte to machine embroidery I was nervous about buying thread with such mixed reviews. I was concerned that my limited skills needed as few barriers to success as possible. That said, each time I did the math, the cost of competing thread was triple. So I did some research, read the other reviews & discovered:

1. Shiny polyester thread is silky and slick. That's why it's so pretty on your shirt & also why it's slippery on the spool. You need a thread net to keep it on the spool. My new Singer Futura Quartet came with 2 thread nets and directions that you need to use them for embroidery thread. I spread the nets open and slid them on each spool (up from the bottom) before I put the thread on the machine. This works great. The thread comes off like a charm & doesn't unwind all over the place.

2. You MUST remove the spool cap before using the spool on your machine. Once I forgot to do this & the thread broke repeatedly. I take the cap off and stick it on my bobbin winder to hold it till I'm done with sewing.

3. Every embroidery expert talks about the fact that small spools of thread will tend tangle (or stay curled) if you don't give them time to unwind. If you give the thread a longer path to unwind before they through your machine the thread will work better. I've bought a Dritz cone thread holder as recommended; however, I've not used it as the thread nets solved ALL my problems from day one.

4. Threadnet has a conversion chart available on their website. Thus, no worries about which thread color to pick...

If your interested, there's a you tube video showing how to make your own thread nets by recycling your support hose. I've not tried that, instead, I use the same net for each spool as I put it on the machine. For storage, I slap a piece of scotch tape over the loose end of the thread so it doesn't unravel during storage. Again, you can't beat the price. No one has questioned the quality of the thread. I just followed Singers recommendation and used a thread net.

The thread it's self is good but the spools they are on is not very good. There is no where to secure the end of the thread so I have to continually rewind it. On several occasiions the thread became tangled so I had to cut and throw away some of it.

Good thread, but the cardboard spools let the threads unwind off the ends too easily. Some tangling, but good quaily thread.

I'd like to start by saying I am a brand new embroider using an older machine... my experiance might based on those 2 facts alone, however I find it unlikely.

I decided to make my sister a baby blanket, need a quick quilt design, decided to embroider some of the blocks to give it a little more specialism... I picked 2 of the pink colors in this kit and decided to do 16 blocks using just those 2 colors.

The first 8 were wonderful... they turned out perfect and I couldn't have been happier... but then the tread started coming off the spool too quickly, causing my machine to jam, my blocks to get eaten, and me alot of frustration. I tried the webbed spool thing, which worked good for the next 2 blocks, but then it went back to coming off too quickly or wouldn't come off the spool at all... both causing jams and my blocks to get eaten... I finally managed to get 1 more block out of the thread (after several failed attempts) before redesigning the entire quilt so that I wouldn't have to do the last 5 blocks.

I checked my machine by using a spool of embroidery thread purchased locally and had zero issues with jams and block eating... so I would say this thread is good for a few small projects, but that is it. Because of this I will not buy again and will probably do one or two blocks per color and throw the rest away.

The polyester thread set is just awful. The spools are falling apart the moment you open them. Some of them were already messed up. Then the threads get caught up on themselves when the sewing maching is working, and the needles are breaking. about 2 needles break in 2 minutes.
This is unlike any experience I have with any kind of thread spools ever.

I was hesitant to get these because of some of the reviews I read, but I didn't have the money to spend on the more expensive ones at the time. I haven't had many issues with this thread at all. In fact per a suggestion from another reviewer I netted the spool and ended up having issues. I took the net off and it worked fine! Great buy for someone who really only needs a bunch of colors to monogram or embroider names on things. I love them!

I purchased this thread thinking it was a nice assortment of colors and a good price but when I tried it on my embroidery machine it knots very badly. It has messed up my machine two times. I will be tossing it.