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EasyPeezy 11-07-2011 08:16 PM

What color thread would you use?
 
I would like to make a red and white quilt. What color thread should I use? I've been debating but can't decide. Red? White? Grey? Neutral?

Lady Crafter 11-07-2011 08:36 PM

What do you want to do with the thread? Quilt? Use red. Sew blocks together? White or grey. IMHO

EasyPeezy 11-07-2011 08:50 PM

Oops forgot to mention that it's for making the blocks. I don't want the thread to show or bleed. That wouldn't be good.

Kas 11-07-2011 09:52 PM

White, then. Show us pics when it gets finished. I love red and white quilts.

Aubrey'sQuiltingCreations 11-07-2011 11:06 PM

I use up old thread to piece quilts n always go with lighter colors on lighter fabric n darker colors on darker fabrics. I have not had a problem yet of thread showing.

AKDaffyodil 11-07-2011 11:08 PM


Originally Posted by EasyPeezy (Post 4650480)
Oops forgot to mention that it's for making the blocks. I don't want the thread to show or bleed. That wouldn't be good.

I would use a neutral....cream or light gray works well for me.

Kitsie 11-07-2011 11:18 PM

I think white, too. I did a blue and white and used the white.

katesnanna 11-07-2011 11:32 PM

I'd use a neutral. I was taught neutral for light colors and gray for dark colors

jitkaau 11-08-2011 04:05 AM

To join the blocks together - steel grey. To quilt - check the dominant colour and choose a contrasting one if you want oomph or a harmonising varigated grey if you want it to be more 'blendable'.

lillybeck 11-08-2011 05:06 AM

I read on here a while back that someone was using up the bits and pieces of thread for her piecing and that is what I started doing. Great way to get rid of odds and ends and it does not show so no one knows


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