Have got a black and white queen quilt made for my DD and am now ready to quilt it. Looked for colours to quilt it with but am not able to decide. My DD is happy for me to decide what colour to do but we agreed that it should be subtle rather than bright. Was thinking of either black or white. Have you any suggestions. I am not experienced with quilting and will either do meandering or stitch in the ditch, unless you have any ideas for a novice at FMQ.
Thanks for any help. I attach a picture of the quilt before I sandwiched it.
Sue

Great quilt. Love the polka dots!
I am not experienced at the quilting part either. If you do the stitch in the ditch I don't think the thread shows on the front of the quilt, so I think it would depend on what color your backing is.

What about a steel grey color?? that would show up on the black as well as the white - if that is what you were wishing - but would also blend I think - that is how I handled the black and white in my avitar

I love the idea of using Grey!!

grey would look awesome, or maybe a variegated blk/white? how about red?

Thank you for your ideas. The back is the reverse of one of the fabrics on the front. It is white with black swirly lines - called scroll apparently. The idea of steel grey sounds good and I might give that a try.
Sue

I was also thinking of a gray -

It would "show" on both the black and white - but I don't think it would be "obvious" on either color.

You "red" my mind!

Grey is the color that I would choose also. :)

Looks like gray gets the thumbs up. Thanks again. Am now off to bed as here in England it is 23.15. Red would be a good choice if it wasn't for the fact that my DD is decorating her bedroom around the quilt and I quess I am a little wary of adding a colour that she may not use in her bedroom. She has said that she wants something to hand down to her children that has been made by me. I love my DD!.
Sue

i would choose a dark grey. black is my second choice. great quilt!

You posted this quilt a while back asking for help choosing a backing. What did you pick?

If it is light I would use light thread. If dark, the reverse.
and what color batting did you choose?

It is a great quilt and I suggested B&W polk a dots for the back. Just curious!
peace :D

Edit: nevermind! I missed the info. It will be wonderful!

I like the idea of grey to. If you want less quilting to show then black since there's much more of it than white :)

Looks great!

a gray would work or black would blend in well and hide any boo-boos
white would really stand out if you want to enhance with quilting
there are some black & white varigated threads= or a colorful varigated would add something extra to it.

Gray is my choice too.

Break loose from the black/white and use red. It'll be barely noticeable as such, yet will give some zip to the final effect!

maybe a variegated gray/black/white thread?

what ever you choose it will be beautiful.

It is now 9.00 here in England so I am up. Thanks again for all your replies.
Ube quilting regarding the batting, I went with white cos the shops did not have black in stock, and I was impatient - "must learn patience" - write 100 times! I find it difficult to have more than one thing on the go at one time and would probably make different decisions if I could put a quilt to oneside while waiting for the exact thing I want. Was always told to finish what I was doing before starting something new, when growing up. LOL
Sue

Hooray, another Brit! I've seen black batting in some of the online shops, but we just don't have the quilt shops that they take for granted in the US, do we.

How about a not-terribly-bright colour such as blue? There are greyish blues around, that would be nice and subtle but still just enough for the thread to be visible against all the fabrics. I think grey could work but would be a bit dull. Have a look through the threads at the Cotton Patch, for instance. http://www.cottonpatch.co.uk/acatalo...g_Threads.html

I like the idea of using a medium gray.
I like the pattern. What is the pattern name?

Curious, did you use black batting? Beautiful, by the way!

Charcoal.

One of my favorite colors to quilt with is Rail Grey from Signature threads.

Variegated black & white

Since they wanted it subtle, the grey family is best, myself, I would have incorporated red if I knew what I was doing in quilting because that would make the quilt pop. The quilting would have to be good.

Grey for sure!

Silver

That is gorgeous--dark gray or black would look good.

If you do stitch-in-the-ditch quilting, then I would recommend black or white.

If you do quilting that will show, then a dark red would NOT be bright, yet it would add a bit of pizazz.

Do you have a few scraps? If so, try making small sample quilt sandwiches and test a few colors on it to see what looks best to you.

Black will hide the best and be the most subtle. But you'll have a time working with black on black

For subtle I would use black.

I'd use Superior Threads' "So Fine" Gunmetal Black, which is a nice greyish black, thin, and wouldn't interrupt the white areas. Once quilted, you won't even notice.

gray

I quilted a similar one in variegated blk/whte it came out fab. Whatever colour you choose the quilt will look awesome.

Gray or varigated black/white

I like the gray idea.

Ranger, the pattern is a disappearing 9 patch. Wanted something fast as had just done a jewel box queen for my sister.
Thanks for your lovely comments and suggestions. Went to Hobbycraft this morning. Got black thread and also found a variegated black/white/grey. Got a sample sandwich made so will see which looks the best.
As previously mentioned we do not have a large selection of shops near here, and as I do not drive I rely on my DH to take me to the stores. Bless him he is very supportive of this expensive hobby. Mark you he fishes and plays golf so I guess it is all a matter of balance.
Sue

I have a black/white/gray varigaited thread that would look cool on that quilt.

Red. It's a dramatic quilt. Needs some drama in the quilting.