Originally Posted by
toogie
Hello, I want to try ruler quilting and was wondering, have any of you quilted fancy stitches with embroidery thread? I have 40 wt 2 ply polyester threads is all kinds of colors. Do you match your color to each fabric, if the blocks are different colors? What thread do you use in the bobbin? Thank you for any and all replies.
i use a bobbin thread that will not show up against the backing fabric.
might be poly ... might be cotton.
i often use embroidery thread for quilting.
which i use ... cotton or emb ... depends on which i have in the color i need.
you can end up having to change top threads too often for convenience if you try to match each fabric.
i try to pick a color that will go well with as many of the fabrics as possible.
i sometimes use variegated thread if it has most or all of the colors in the fabrics.