Color of Thread you use
 

I was just wondering what color of thread you us when piecing. I only have 2 colors tan and gray. I find that these work with everything. Makes ordering new thread easy. I also only use Aurifil. I have used others in the past but they seemed to have a lot more lint in my machine. Aurifil doesn't seem to have as much lint. Thanks for letting me know what you use.

I do the same......beige and grey......works for all. Now, for quilting................another story....:')..............

I tend to use beige and gray too because they are neutral. Although if it isn't an 'important' quilt, I just use whatever color is closest in the type of thread I want. (I piece with cotton, but I quilt 50/50 with cotton or poly depending on what I'm doing.)

i also use aurifil . cream, tan ,gray. nothing better than aurifil thread

Tan & grey it is! My first quilting teacher said she only ever used grey but I use tan depending on the color & shade of the fabric. I am interested I Aurifil. Somehow I have only just fou d out about this thread. I thought Mettler was good thread because my LQS started carrying it a year or so ago. Is Aurifil worth the money? Where do you buy it?
Thanks!

I have white, gray and black for piecing. And only Aurifil - love that stuff.

aurifil is terrific. A spool seems expensive, but seems to last forever!

I usually use tan for piecing. I have multiple spools of various shades of tan Aurifil handy so I keep one on my machine ready to make bobbins, another in my machine(s), a few in my "to go" caddy, and a few in my thread drawer. I have Mettler and Presencia brands as well, both sold by my LQS as high quality, but I prefer Aurifil.

I do the same mostly beige and gray.. but when I work on white I use white.

I used to use ecru but I found that it stood out against several fabrics. I was out once and used a light, sagey green and it blends better than any other color I've used so far.

I like to match the color of the thread to the lightest color I'm using but that's mostly just because I love colors! I do stock up on beige and use that as my "go-to" if I don't have another color or just don't feel like winding up fresh bobbins.

I order my Aurifil online and it is about 10-12 per spool. I know that sounds expensive but it last for a really long time.

I had a khaki colored thread that seemed to go with everything. Then the dog got hold of the spool and chewed it up. Haven't replaced it yet but I intend to. I use cream, tan, black or white. I've also matched to the dominant color I'm piecing. Just depends on what I'm sewing and which threads I have on hand.

Yup, I use Aurifil thread, white thread with white fabric, other times grey, taupe or light green.

I also use a light sagey green. The other color that I like for medium to dark colors is a grayish green.

Same, here, beige or grey. sometimes a lighter ecru for really light stuff I mostly use Aurifil. Love it in my bobbin, I don't have to fill it as often!

I'm another Aurifil girl - cream, beige (tan), grey and black. Over here there's very little difference in price between Aurifil (£8.00 for 1300 metres) and Gutermann (£6.60 for 800 metres).

In fact, now that I see it, Aurifil works out cheaper! :shock:

I'm also about to switch to the variegated for quilting too.

Auriful, light grey, off-white and cream. Love Auriful and my machines do too.

My commercial dealer had a sale and I bought this 6,000 m of a gray/green. Really hides in lots of colors and I love this no name thread. Use lots of different stuff on the long arm.

I guess I am the rebel here. Right now I use whatever color I have - whatever brand - whatever type (cotton or blend) when I am piecing that my Husky will work with. I have a ton of thread (another stash), and I am slowly going through it. Now I only buy Aurifil and use Aurifil for quilting, and I have just discovered Madeira 60wt. monopoly for SID, I love it. Looks beautiful, and no problems using it on my Husky 875Q. I also upscaled to Klasse topstitch needles for quilting. Love them.

When piecing anything with white in it, white thread it is. For any other color fabrics, I use whatever shade I have handy....usually trying to use up the older, not so fashionable colors. Bobbins are the same.....I will fill 5-6 at a time for FMQ and the leftovers get used first in the next project. I know that my methods aren't to standard, but I refuse to waste thread and this is a good way to use it up and empty bobbins.

Tan and gray for me also.

I use white when piecing with white (which I don't do very often. I'm not a huge fan of white) and I use offwhite or black depending on if it's a light or dark color.

I use Aurifil in beige, gray, black or white for piecing. So much easier than trying to match colors and they all blend in so well. My machine runs best on Aurifil, so I try not to irritate it by using other thread it might not like. :)

I use Essential Egyptian Cotton Thread in the natural colorl. Have used it for years. Love it, reasonably priced, 1,200 yards. I usually buy 12 at a time. The colors are beautiful, but I do use the natural for piecing. Cannot complain one little bit. My Singer is happy with it also. I get mine from Connecting Threads. Edie

You can buy it at Amazon, for one place. Not sure if they have several colors available.

I read somewhere that in the "olden days" people used only white or black or RED thread for quilting. I use up spools of whatever I have when doing scrap quilting, especially red because I have a lot of it. This was all given to me.

My star quilt was dark blue with light colors in the stars. I should have switched to white or light when I sewed the seams that were more light than dark. Didn't think of that until it was finished, and the dark thread showed on the light parts. A smaller stitch might have helped also.

Lots of tan and gray! (what do you use for white fabric?)

I use white and cream.

Love Aurifil so much I bought these 2 colors in large cones. It's been 2 years and I've hardly put a dent in them.

I am like everyone else-taupe, grey and white!

I try to match the fabric I am sewing. When I quilt sometimes I like to have a contrasting thread - on some quilts I like that to show especially if I have a pretty color of thread.

I have never used Aurifil thread.. but I am going to check it out right now. :)

I recently starting using King Tut brand from Fabric.com... has anyone used that? I love the colors but it seems pricey (but I still spent the money on it anyway)

DonnaR, what I've been doing lately is using up the quilting thread of the bobbins from my quilt machine if there isn't much left on them. That way I get my bobbins back and I don't waste the little bit of thread left on them. I also use the leftover thread on my quilt machine when I'm starting a new quilt for basting the backing and batting together. Its usually a different color so I can see the line better to line up my top. The threads that my quilt machine doesn't seem to like all that much as I got them with the machine when I purchased it, I use them for piecing so again I'm not wasting. I try to keep close to a light color if piecing a lot of lighter colored fabrics and darker colors for the darker fabrics. Also will use leftover threads for when I go to hand sew the binding onto the back. If one of my bobbins was wound incorrectly or my quilt machine just isn't having a good day with it, I'll use the thread to wind onto my DSM bobbins to piece with. I try to not waste anything these days as our hobbies are expensive as it is but oh so much fun............

I seem to be riding a horse of a different colour. :p

I mostly use bright Connecting Threads Essential Cotton sets in all their zingy colour glory! Love their threads. Rarely do I ever use a neutral colour to piece and I've never had threads show through.

Sometimes I use a matching Superior Threads Bottom Line in the bobbin.

And I love Superior's Rainbows and King Tut.

My machine is a Husqvarna 875Q which loves every thread I've used with her. :)

I like Gutermann 100% cotton in beige and gray.

It depends on the fabric I'm sewing, but I generally use white, beige, grey and black - with the quilt colors in mind. However, when quilting I use lots of variegated Rayon threads, as I like the way the quilting looks on the finished quilt. One quilt teacher I knew said that she uses grey thread as it blends with just about any fabric color.

Does anyone have the thread color numbers they could post? When I look at grays, tans, and sage greens online it is difficult to tell exactly what color they are and what blends best.

For white fabric I do use white and for black or navy blue fabric I use black or blue. Otherwise it's grey thread for my piecing