Bio

Bob Purcell has been in the thread and sewing industry for 27 years. He and his wife started and built one of the most successful specialized thread companies in the world. They sold that company in 2016, with the intent of enjoying retirement life with family and grandchildren. Seven years later in 2023, Bob, who has no hobbies other than work and grandchildren, realized that retirement wasn’t for him. He bought Y.L.I. Threads, a company with a 45-year history in the quilting, embroidery, and sewing world, and is once again doing what he loves -- educating the sewing world and supplying the best sewing products. Working again with the top three thread factories in the world, nine new lines of the highest quality quilting and sewing threads have been introduced in the past year and more are in the works. When Bob puts his name behind a product, you…