New brothread 21 Assorted Colors Metallic Embroidery Machine Thread Kit 500M (550Y) Each Spool for Computerized Embroidery and Decorative Sewing

I love the consistency of this thread. A good value, beautiful shimmer colors And the colors are true. This company not only has great thread, their customer service is fantastic as well. They are very responsive.

The color variety is amazing and they shimmer beautifully in finished projects. Yes, metallic thread can be tricky, but with the right needle (metallic or topstitch) and lower speed, they stitch like butter. If you're patient and experienced, these are wonderful to work with. Love these!

There's a small learning curve with metallic thread. First, you need to use a metallic or top stitch needle because they have larger needle eyes for the thread to flow through and not shred. Second, slow down your stitching. I put my machine on the slow setting and it was still too fast so I went into my settings and lowered the embroidery max stitch speed to the lowest setting. Third, you need to loosen your top tension. On my Baby Lock Aerial, it seems I can only adjust the top tension in the sewing state so I adjusted the embroidery tension in the menu settings. It's generally at zero so I brought it down to -2. I just leave it there for my whole project whether I'm using regular embroidery ghread or metallic, my machine seems to do fine with the -2 tension needed for metallic. Needle type, Speed and Tension. If you do not do these things, particularly the tension and speed, any metallic thread will shred and break your needles, this thread is no exception. This thread is beautiful, affordable and standard weight. My Baby Lock does extremely well with Brothread and I appreciate their quality and affordability. The negative reviews on here are from people who are not adjusting their embroidery technique needed for metallic thread. This thread is great and it's not a gamble, it'll run beautifully if you follow the 3 things needed. Also, I only use 75/11 top stitch needles for embroidery, with any thread, and things go very smoothly.

Good variety and good quality.

Nice colors. Tangles pretty easily though.