toy bags, babies and thread...

Many moons ago, when we had about 5 toys... I made bags to keep things organized. Now two years later with two kids... the toys are pretty much all over! However, they got a music set for Christmas and I wanted to be able to keep the instruments together. I went back to my toy bag roots and came up with a simple draw-string to keep them together, yet assessable.

 Because this was for musical instruments I sewed a couple felt "notes" to the front of the bag.

 I made a simple casing on the top edge and threaded a ribbon though it.

Fun, noisy times ahead!

 keeping the little one occupied while I sewed this bag....
QUESTION?
 Where do you buy thread? I was thinking of this while baby was playing with the thread selection I got over Christmas from Joannes. I had never bought a set like this, but it was on sale and I had an additional coupon. Thread is EXPENSIVE! What do you do? I've looked at buying online (ebay, etc) but not sure about quality.... I seem to go through a lot of thread.

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