Go-to thread color?
 

Do y'all have a certain color of thread that's sort of your "default"? Y'know... like if you're sewing scraps or something with a bunch of different colors? I do. Mine is a medium kind of olive green. I know it sounds weird but it really does blend & go with everything. I've tried taupe-y tans & grays but I still like this shade the best. Just curious...

Yes I use a med gray, I'll have to give the green a try.

I use gray also.

Gutterman's pale lilac in the bobbin. Any medium/light color on the top. I like sewing with two colors. If I have to take it out, it seems easier. Love how the lilac blends and because the 301's bobbin is small, I like a thinner thread.

if im piecing scraps for me, I use any color thread on top or bottom.. but my normal everyday go to thread is beige, tan, neutral...

Usually natural or ecru.

Superior So Fine #402

medium gray. green sounds interesting

Any grey, khaki, taupe color...nothing too light is what I use most of the time.

The one I use most for scrappy quilts is a medium gray green.

For scrap quilts, I use whatever bobbins I have filled and usually match the top thread, or just use ecru or tan.

I like the idea of a different colored bobbin thread. God know I do enough "unsewing"!

I use gray

white.....unless I am sewing black or another dark color....if I am piecing, usually whatever thread color I have works fine....bobbin thread for piecing is the same way, whatever I grab.....If I am fmq, I try to match, or will use white/lt. gray....sometimes I want the stitching to show and will use a contrasting color.....I guess I am saying I am not fussy for thread color when piecing...LOL

I have a cone of a light, sagey green that I use the most for piecing. It really does blend better than most other colors I've used.

blue gray for me.

Grays, browns, tans and khakis are what I favor. For light colored quilts I usually use white or some very light thread if I have it.

I use up all the odd thread colors I have in my thread box. :-)

I like to sew with 2 different colors, too. For the same reason. Do you use the lilac for lighter-colored quilts or for all misc. quilting?

I stumbled by it purely by accident & now that's all I use for that. It's a regular ol Coates & Clark, too... cheap & easily-to-find.

I like a really pale pink for light colored quilts.

I use lilac, ecru or grey. they all blend well but I will try the green to see how that works.

That's what i do, too!!!! I do try to pick up thread when I see it on sale because it (like everything else has gotten expensive!!!)

Sure, I like natural or a little darker and I also use a Khaki color and the olive green also works well when piecing.

I use grey or blue grey or beige. A lot of times I just use what's in my bobbins also. Sometimes I just use any threads because I have quite a few of them and don't want to spend the money on more thread when I have so many laying around.

For scrappy piecing - when I have dark fabrics - I try to use up all the small amounts of thread that are on the bobbins and spools. Have to change the bobbin fairly often, but then I get empty bobbins for my 'real' projects.

My 'go-to' color is that smokey grayish green - when I can find it - or a medium sagey green. It is amazing how that color just sort of disappears on most fabrics.

If its a scrap quilt .. its odds and ends of what ever bobbin I have. For top thread its light gray or ecru.