Quilting thread color advice, please.
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Quilting thread color advice, please.
I am going to start quilting a white wholecloth quilt. Can anyone tell me if it is difficult to quilt with white thread? I was wondering if it would be hard to see where you had been with white on white. Thanks for any input.
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I haven't had too many problems - been quilting at my church for about 4 years total and we had a whole cloth white one recently. (I'm 51, wear bifocals for nearsightedness and astigmatism).
I'm curious about black on black too as some "artsy" quilt ideas I hope to pursue will involve that. And I will probably have to do them on my own, even if I intend to donate them, because the church ladies are used to just using white thread for everything. Should be interesting . . .
I'm curious about black on black too as some "artsy" quilt ideas I hope to pursue will involve that. And I will probably have to do them on my own, even if I intend to donate them, because the church ladies are used to just using white thread for everything. Should be interesting . . .
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I'm nowhere near your league in quilting, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I agree with Feline. I've done white on white and it's difficult but doable, but black on black (that I'm working on) is driving me bonkers!
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Maybe go with a cream or a very pale yellow?
#10
Be sure you have very good lighting.
Year ago my Mom said it was hard to sew black on black - especially after dark. I took it as a put off. Guess what? I now know what she meant. I find it much easier to see during the day, if if shades are not open. My 47 YO Daughter is starting to see what I mean.
Year ago my Mom said it was hard to sew black on black - especially after dark. I took it as a put off. Guess what? I now know what she meant. I find it much easier to see during the day, if if shades are not open. My 47 YO Daughter is starting to see what I mean.
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