There is another thread (no pun intended :wink: ) going about what kind of thread is preferred by everyone. It's interesting to see all the types and reasons.

My question is: do you buy a lot of thread colors for piecing? I only buy black and white for piecing after I realized that I haven't been using any other colors for a long time. I have a wider color selection for quilting on my LA but I use 40 wt. to quilt and 50 wt. to piece.

Am I the only one who feels she doesn't need a lot of colors for piecing?

White, black, light and medium beige for me for piecing :D:D:D

i would add a medium to light gray.

I ended up looking for answers to this very question the first time I did some actual piecing and realized there was no way I could match all the colors. The links I found all suggested black, white, beige or grey, and I find one of these neutral colors usually works pretty well.

Occasionally, if I am able to find a color that works better, I will use that instead. For instance, when I made my ballerina quilt, I found that Gutermann had a soft mauve that blended really well with both the pinks and the purples in my fabrics.

For piecing I mostly use a neutral/cream or gray.

I use a cream color cotton thread for piecing unless I'm piecing a lot of black, then I will switch to black.

When piecing the quilt in my avatar, I used black for the black blocks and cream for everything else :)

I mainly use black or white!!!

black, white, gray, beige. My plan was to get a bunch of different colors so I could use them for piecing or quilting. But now I think I will get different thread altogether for quilting, like the 40 wt, in colors and stick with the neutrals for piecing in 50 wt.

I used neutrals except that I have gotten some good thread deals at quilt shows....sometimes I will use those if they are close in color. But I don't specifically buy matching thread for piecing. It's too expensive to do so!

I never use black unless the fabric is black. Iuse cream, beige, even light lavender blends with a lot of colors. But I find white and black are to "stark" and show too much. Saw a lovely quilt at a show and the lady pieced it with all black thresd, it showed thru all the seams.

I use gray for piecing unless the backgound is black or white. Then I use black or white. It saves buying a lot of different colors. If I'm doing top stitching I may need to buy something to match. Then of course there are all the differnt colors of embroidery thread that I have to buy. My husband bought me a thread chest full of embroidery threads last year for Christmas. Actually that is now two years ago Christmas, with this being 2011.

I use white, black and gray.

mother goose for medium/darks, and dolphin gray for lights!

Beige, Gray, White and Black for piecing

Usually neutrals for piecing. But if I have a perfect color match, I will use it.

I guess I will be the rebel one on this one. I like ti piece with colored thread. I try to match my predominant color. Of course, I like to use a lot of solids in my quilts sometimes, and in that case i can match it well. Black or white is too obvious when you are sewing on yellow, for example.

I use grey or beige
Colors for quilting. I tend to like the variegated thread For quilting.

I have so much thread I cam most of the time color match my main fabric. Hubby doesn't want me to buy anymore anyways.

I am with the majority. I have black, white, beigh, brown, light gray, dark gray, and that is about it. You don't see the seams anyway so why bother matching exactly? And I also like 50 wt for piecing and I like 40 or 30 for quilting.

Beige/tan mostly, unless the fabric is really dark. Then I use black or dark blue (sometimes it depends on what I have loaded on extra bobbins!).

When I decided to make a quilt using a lot of different food fabrics, I was glad I had read on here that many of you use neutral colors to piece. I used a light beige. It worked well! Thank you all for all your helpful advice here!

Black, white, natural, cream, and lots of shades of gray. I do have all the Connecting Threads colors but for piecing use the above.

grey

Dark and medium grey,brown and maroon for piecing and usually varigated shades for quilting.

I use ecru cotton thread for everything except the handwork on the binding. Then I use the color that matches the binding. Edie

I use grey when working with black and white fabrics; beige on most colors and a good Moda Red thread when doing Christmas green and reds.

I use light grey since it blends in so well with just about everything for piecing. For longarm many different colors.

Black, white, gray (several shades)for piecing. Have a huge stash of thread for thread painting though. Bottom Line for bobbin thread.

cream for piecing - no matter what the colors I'm working on. - but I tend to do lighter colors so it doesn't matter

I use taupe and dark gray for piecing since most of my quilts are scrappy. In the last year or two, I've started using 60 wt for piecing. It makes a quarter inch seam easier to achieve.

Funny! I was just considering asking the same question. I only buy dark cream color, and medium and dark "mushroom" colors. Sometimes I'll be sewing a light color fabric to a medium color fabric and realize I'm using a dark thread, but I never seem to take the time to change thread. With all the different colors and hues that go into one quilt, it seems changing the thread to match the fabrics would be maddening. I sure hope I don't regret this shortcut someday.

I piece with 50w cream color.
Or black for dark colors.

On my LA I use 40w varigated or cream

You should be in Perth!!! The weather was darn right balmy yesterday!!!!I do exactly as you but prefer beige and dark grey for piecing. Do you use cotton or poly for LA?

You should be in Perth!!! The weather was darn right balmy yesterday!!!!I do exactly as you but prefer beige and dark grey for piecing. Do you use cotton or poly for LA?

I usually use a light grey for my piecing. It seems to work for every color fabric.

I use King Tut or Superior.
I only have one come of poly perfect.
It's a thicker thread.
I've only used it a few times.

What's your choice?

I always use a color that blends with the blocks, it could be almost any color. I love brights, so neutrals just don't always work. I now use 80 weight Decobob by Wonderfil for piecing, it simply dissapers in a seam and doesn't add any bulk.

I get my LA thread from a company in Canada, used the cotton only but tried the poly this last time (more choice of colors) cotton is way nicer. Company is Can sew. Prices are very reasonable.

Stick with the neutrals. The thread, when piecing, isn't supposed to show anyway!

I buy white, a med tan, and a dark gray. These colors can be used for most quilts. I don't think theres any reason to buy a lot of colored threads to match each fabric color.
Happy New Year!