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October 21st, 2019, 11:55 PM
#1
Senior Member
The Guild President
Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
Could someone please suggest what color(s) thread to use in quilting this? I plan to use a walking foot to make vertical lines that follow the shape of each color and have absolutely no idea how to begin selecting the correct color. There's always the option of using a different thread for each color on the wheel, but that wouldn't be my first choice. Thank you in advance for helping me.
Mary
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October 22nd, 2019, 12:35 AM
#2
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Missouri Star
Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
That's very cool. I would use dark purple or black. White would show up on all the colors you have but wouldn't be as dramatic.
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October 22nd, 2019, 08:41 AM
#3
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Missouri Star
Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
My first instinct is to go with a golden shade of yellow. If you really want to pop the quilting use a golden shade of yellow on your warm colors (yellow through red) and a blue thread on your cool colors (green through purple)
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October 22nd, 2019, 09:01 AM
#4
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Missouri Star
Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
Now if it were Angela Walters, she'd use a matching color of thread on each section. It definitely would be more work to do it that way.
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October 22nd, 2019, 09:19 AM
#5
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Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
How about battleship gray. This is my multicoloured quilt. LAQ suggested gray. I love it as it blends with all colours .
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October 23rd, 2019, 08:04 AM
#6
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Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
I would say it depends if you want your thread to 'pop'. If you want to see the thread color, my initial thought was yellow. If you don't really want it to pop, then perhaps a light grey.
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October 23rd, 2019, 06:11 PM
#7
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Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
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October 24th, 2019, 03:24 AM
#8
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Re: Please help me decide thread color for quilting...help
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. They really made me think about possible answers, and I appreciate your help.
Mary