Coming from a garment sewing background when I first started quilting I thought my thread needed to match the fabric. I bought (and still have) every color of thread I could find. Ran off bobbin after bobbin to make sure I was ready when color changed. And this is the truth; it took me years to realize the thread (if your stitching is good) does not have to match. I now buy black and white, and about three shades of light to dark grays and browns. And cream to sew on white. The colorful thread now sits in large ginger jars decorating the top of a lawyers bookcase. I actually get excited when I have something to sew that requires a matched thread.