Longarm Question - How do you see matching thread?
Hi, Just filled with questions today. I'm an intermediate long arm quilter. My theory is if I'm gonna quilt it then I want to see the quilting, so I've always used thread that's a bit different color than the fabric. Not black on white, but enough contrast so you can see the thread. I'm working on a friend's quilt and she wanted the thread to match. I'm doing unmarked hand guided quilting. How the heck do you see the quilting you've already done, so you know where you are going? The backing doesn't match the thread and I can see that I'm crossing all kinds of lines in my stippling and my feathers look like they have mange. I'm using W&N, so there's not a lot of loft. I've looked thru previous posts and can't find anything.
Are there any tricks to this?