I also like the Mona white.

I agree. I also back my embroidery with bleached muslin so the colors and knots don't show through. (I always wash the muslin just in case it might shrink)...just an idea...

i like kona whita fabric!!!

I do a lot of embroidery and have recently started adding a piece of muslin or very light weight flannel(after it has been washed) the same size of the block to the back of the block. Your thread lays nicely on the front and the stitches, starts and stops and traveling threads do not show from the front. I learned this from a vendor at a quilt show and I really like the result.

I do, too - and you can get as busy or quiet with the back white on white as you want. I have some that would be good to be embroidered on, and I have some other that has such a nice bright white pattern on its own that it is perfect just by itself, you wouldn't want to add anything over that one. :-)

Marysewfun

I generally use a good grade muslin and iron a very lightweight fusible interfacing on the back to give it body and hid the threads......of course, I pre-wash the muslin. I've actually done a ton of embroidery this way......

I was going to say the same thing. I use an iron-on product called Form Flex, and I don't have to use a hoop.

Whatever fabric you select try using a white batting (warm and white is what I have used) behind the embroidery it gives a place for the threads to lay and allows your stitches to stand out. When finished you can trim to fit your embroidery then layer and quilt as normal.