I learned many years ago that if you have fabric that is hard to match the thread, use gray.

I quilted a runner that had green leaves on the backing and I used the gray and it blended very well.

what a cool tip!! thanks bunches!!

That is a neat tip...thanks for sharing it with us!

I use grey, lavender or beige on most all my quilts. It blends very nice. I never use black or white thread unless the quilt is black or white. Marge

I wish I would have known this 3 days ago, thanks for the future.

excellent tip! i bought tons of white & tan and thought it would match but rarely does. I also have a heck of a time blending with the brights. Does anyone have a suggestion for that? I wonder if it looks different on the spool or if it's the lighting at the store....or another rookie mistake I just haven't figured out yet.

I had also read somewhere to use grey thread so I got a couple of the large spools from Joann's for 1.99 in different shades of grey. Great tip!

Great tip! Thanks.

In my first quilting class, that is what my teacher told me - use gray. Of course, I don't always follow that, but for hard to colors it works great.

is that why we get grey hair too... :lol: