pinkberrykay

I just bought my first spool of Aurifil thread and I am in LOVE!!!! Since there are over 200 colors which colors are your to picks. I am thinking black, natural, navy, blue, pink, grey~but which ones since there are so many colors in each area.


Thanks for your help!!

katier825

I love Aurifil! I guess it depends on what you tend to make. I use a lot of soft yellows, creams, white, black, gray, tan, blues - especially turquoise. I love the variegated colors too.

jgriinke

There are some others colors that blend in really well. I don't have a spool with me right now, but it is kind of a cinnamon color. That one works well for many piecing colors. I like the light and darker grey too. I find I don't use much of the really light colors. I tend to piece more medium colors than really light, so I use more of those colors.
Have fun shopping. With the thread being thinner, it goes a long way. It's really good for the actual quilting too.

Scissor Queen

Look at your fabric stash. Buy those colors.

ckcowl

i have (on hand at all times) light and dark gray- cream- white, black, taupe (natural)
then i keep adding colors- each time i place an order for re-stocking the basics i add a couple new colors- since i work in many, many colors regularly and i never know when someone is going to call-and say i want bright green thread - or what do you have in purple---i'm trying to have a good selection- when i find a special with a 'collection' of colors i buy it- i'm up to 60+ colors now-

lindy-2

i like it to just finished quilting a quilt with a dark brown and light tan varigated worked well since the quilts was tans creams browns and reds. am putting a quilt on the frame that im going to be quilting with a red orange yellow varigated. i like aurifil not much breakage and not to much lint i was using some other threads and had alot off breakage.

gollytwo

If you're in Canada, there's a great buy of a "Jelly Bean Doorcrasher" - 66 spools Aurifil cotton mako 50 wt for $78 (discounted from $214). A friend and I were planning to buy - but the shipping to the USA is $20.

http://www.tristan.bc.ca

caspharm

I tend to use a lot of the cream shades and black for piecing. I have some other colors I bought for fun.

Raggiemom

I use tan and silver for most things but have slowly started buying some of the other colors. Love their thread!

sewbeadit

20 dollars dosen't seem so high for shipping these days. I just bought a book and it was 4.95 for a little book. I would go for the thread, it would still be less than 1/2 price, can't beat that!