Quilting thread color?
 

Back story -
experienced seamstress, relatively new quilter, quilting on a domestic Kenmore, about 10 quilts quilted (60 or so practice quilts A.K.A dog blankets quilted) I have only ever quilted with white thread.

I made this with gifted fabric, Browns and off white. I do not care for it much, but I learned a lot.

now it is time to quilt it, and I cannot use white, but would off white look dirty on the brown parts? [ATTACH=CONFIG]542451[/ATTACH]

you don't have to use the same thread all over, quilt it in sections and you can match your thread to a pleasing color

You could certainly match the thread color to the background fabric and it would be highlighted on the colored patches. That would be very pretty. But, you could use several colors of thread and match each patch. That would emphasize the pattern in the quilt and not draw attention to the quilting in the patches. It would give great opportunity to use great quilt motifs in the off-white squares. Lots of opportunities. Be sure to show us the finished quilt.

If you didn't go with different colors depending where you are in the quilt and wanted an all over color, could you use the very light tan you have in the corner squares?

Are you going to be SITD or do an all over FMQ?? I myself would ditch the sashing and the brown triangles with a matching thread. I have lots of stencils so then I would change to a cranberry outline the square and stitch a simple design inside the square. I would then match the background and use another stencil in the corners and half triangles. If you are not ready to try FMQ, then I would just crosshatch the background squares and triangles.

Off white will blend in great if that is what you want to use. It is only one thread, and it is amazing how a light neutral thread color (off white, pale gray, pale yellow, cream, taupe, etc) just blend in just fine.

Take your spool of thread and roll off a few feet, puddle it on your dark blocks then step back a bit to view. I think if you choose a darker shade of cream it will look very nice. JMHO

I use off white all the time. It looks wonderful.

You did a great job on the quilt,,!!!!

It will provide great contrast both in the brown and the red. An opportunity for some fancy FMQ.

Great looking quilt. I would be tempted to match the colors of the various pieces, but the off white would look good as well.

Have you considered variegated thread? I think your quilt is beautiful, by the way!

That reminds me, I purchased some variegated thread... but have not yet found a place to use it.

I think if you are a confident FMQer you could use the same color all over, but for me (since I am still improving my FMQ skills) I tend to change my thread color in areas of my quilt where the threads are not so much of a contrast.
Good luck and have fun, it's a great quilt.

Your quilt is lovely, choose threads that will not distract from your pattern.

I can't help with the thread color for quilting but I don't know why you don't care for it much. I really like it.

Why have you quilted with only white thread. I would use a cream or light brown for the main portion of the quilt and brown for the sashing. Another alternative would be a variegated thread as they come in very beautiful colors and give a new dimension to quilts.

I would use gold on this or a gold green and do feathers but if I do not want to show it I would use a linen or natural color. Odd enough I never quilt with white. You did a great job on this quilt. It is very attractive and classic looking.
Here is a quilt I used the green/gold on.

it so depends on the look you want. If you want the quilting to blend into the top, use brown on sashing and triangles and an off white in the squares. If you have a pattern you want to highlight, use a brown or light brown in the white squares. You could use an off white or beige to do a scroll pattern in the sashing. I personally would not because I would prefer the focus be on those great looking blocks. I know this sounds like a lot of wishy washy advice, but the bottom line is what do you want to do? what do you want to highlight? or blend in?

another option would be to use Monopoly thread

beautiful quilt and anxious to see when finished.