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#22
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 959
Three colors of thread is all that is necessary for piecing.
I always have a white/cream, a light tan, and a medium gray. with these three you can piece light, medium, and dark fabrics.
Always buy a good quality thread. I usually use Mettler. But a local quilt shop had Masterpiece by Alex Anderson on sale. So I've been using this thread lately. Cheap thread will leave a lot of lint in your machine. If you are going to do Applique,you will need more thread colors to match your fabrics.
I always have a white/cream, a light tan, and a medium gray. with these three you can piece light, medium, and dark fabrics.
Always buy a good quality thread. I usually use Mettler. But a local quilt shop had Masterpiece by Alex Anderson on sale. So I've been using this thread lately. Cheap thread will leave a lot of lint in your machine. If you are going to do Applique,you will need more thread colors to match your fabrics.
#24
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: central California
Posts: 636
I asked for a "frosted donut" for christmas. For those of you who don't know what it is - it is 36 bobbins filled with a rainbow of Masterpiece thread - great for applique. Most of my family could not begin to understand how I could be so happy over thread!!
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 935
Originally Posted by MissM
Being a newbie at this, one question that I have is what basic thread colors do you keep in your inventory and how much so that you are always ready to go when the mood strikes? After all if you maintain a sizable stash of fabric, then you should also have a good stash of thread also, is this not true? What do you recommend as types of thread to keep at the ready? :roll:
#27
I've sewn for years and have a large collection of colors. When I am quilting, I typically use a neutral color as it blends well with most. I'm fixing to start a black, red and white quilt and will probably use black for most of it. One thing I try to keep in mind when I am getting ready to piece a project (especially when I am machine quilting) is to have several bobbins already wound. If I'm using my Singer it can't wind a bobbin indepedent of the sewing functions and it is really frustrating to have to unthread the machine to wind a bobbin. :|
#28
Originally Posted by Quilter2B
I've sewn for years and have a large collection of colors. When I am quilting, I typically use a neutral color as it blends well with most. I'm fixing to start a black, red and white quilt and will probably use black for most of it. One thing I try to keep in mind when I am getting ready to piece a project (especially when I am machine quilting) is to have several bobbins already wound. If I'm using my Singer it can't wind a bobbin indepedent of the sewing functions and it is really frustrating to have to unthread the machine to wind a bobbin. :|
#29
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
i treated myself to one of each collection at connectingthreads.com, plus one big spool each of white, cornsilk, and black. (i already have enough gray to last a while.)
one big spool = 100 bobbins. so two spools should last at least a year.
will i ever use all of those colors? probably not. but they sure are pretty to look at! :lol:
one big spool = 100 bobbins. so two spools should last at least a year.
will i ever use all of those colors? probably not. but they sure are pretty to look at! :lol:
I also use Aurifil , King Tut and other Superior threads. It depends on whether or not the piecing is complicated with lots of intersecting lines or not. The quilting thread is dependent on how nice the quilt is. If I have invested a couple hundred dollars or more in a top, I want the best I can get my paws on ...LOL!
Drag around quilts, I use a medium grade thread my machine likes.
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