ffq-lar Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 My JoAnn's stopped stocking Maxi-lock thread last year (which runs great on my Milli) so I picked up some Toldi-Lock during a half-price thread sale to try it out. It's a Guttermann product. I needed a shocking pink for a bright quilt. It works great. It's thinner than the Maxi-lock and is 2500 yds while I think the Maxi is 3000. It has a cotton-y look finish and just as much lint as the Maxi-lock. I think the regular price is 8 bucks so I got a big ol' cone of bright pink thread for 4 dollars. Don't hesitate to try it if you see some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Thanks Linda.. I've not seen it but sure will try to buy a cone to try out. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKQuilts Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 A question please, is that sold as a serger thread? I have wondered if serger thread would work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingjoyful51 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Yes It is sold as serger thread. It dose have more lint than Maxi-lock but the JoAnns Store no longer carry Maxi-lock. I have used both when the color was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Just a word of warning -- I know some of you love Maxi-lock and if you choose to use it, that's fine. Just remember it is not a very strong thread. I worry that over the years, especially on a bed quilt, with all that pulling up and down, that thread won't last. Maybe it will -- but I'm not taking the chance. I do buy Maxi-Lock and use it in my serger (four cones at a time). Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Fil-Tec has a cottony thread that reminds me of the Maxi Loc called Perma Soft (?). They are having a special deal right now. I bought 2 cones, but haven't tried them yet. It feels like a nice thread. So far, I haven't been disappointed in Fil-Tec products at all. My friend always uses the Maxi Loc from JoAnn's. She gets along fine with it. She has an older model APQS machine. She has quited a bunch of quilts for herself, family and customers. I've only know her a few years so don't know if she has had any problems with it breaking after a time. I don't like all the lint myself. I am anxious to try the Perma Soft thread and see how linty it is or isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I have cones of Maxi Lock, most of it still in wrappers, if I haven't already given it away. I can't stitch 6" without it snapping. I was drawn to it by the availabiltity of the cones, the colors and of course the price when I first started using a bigger machine. Now I only use either Superior or Signature that I purchase at some of the bigger shows. Dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieBrewer Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I love maxi-lok and use it lots of the time. I also use metro which is a 2 ply. Intreresting what was said about its strength. A lady here swears that it has cut her fabric because it is too strong and doesn't give. Like with all things, you just have to make up your own mind. I use it mainly on charity quilts because I got about 25 cones for $15 at a thrift store. The judge at our quilt show in June said the jury is out on silk thread and lots of others that have come out because no one knows how long it will last or what its interaction with the fabric will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Originally posted by Linda S I worry that over the years, especially on a bed quilt, with all that pulling up and down, that thread won't last.. Linda Linda....just a note to say...I personally have quilts that are over 16 years old...and used very much each year (and washed at least twice a year) and have not popped a stitch yet...in one the fabric is wearing out but the seams are holding very well....they are all quilted with Maxi-Lock. When I first started quilting in 1997 Serger thread was all I could find on a cone, and have quilted many customer quilts with it. So far no one has called to say I didn't use a thread that didn't withhold its end.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherylhansen Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 I also like Toldi Lock but their cones are terrible. They just disintegrate at the top and the bottom. Maxi Lock Cones at least hold together. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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