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What color thread do you use?
When piecing a black and white print -and neither white or black is dominant - what color thread to you use for piecing?
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With my small needle and tight stitches, I don't get thread bleed through. I am almost always piecing scraps together, various darks and lights and almost always use a light camel/beige and a light steely gray/blue threads for my top and bottom, these shades tend to blend in/disappear more than others. The two colors do help me see if I am having tension problems, but they are all the same brand of thread.
The only time I bother with thread matching is for the quilting thread, or for garment construction. Otherwise it's beige/grey set up in the machine. |
I don't think thread color matters when piecing. I wouldn't use red thread when piecing white fabric but that is common sense not a learned lesson. Use what you think is best suited and you have a lot of to use.
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White, I like black in a quilt but hate to sew with it. too hard to see.
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My first thought was a medium gray. I think because I would use that color for quilting anything with these colors. That is unless I wanted a quilting that was a standout color. I once used a variegated multicolored thread to quilt the project and it came out great.
But, the gray is best for piecing in my minds eye. |
Since I started buying mega-sized spools of thread, almost all of my piecing is with the ecru/beige colour. If working with black I do keep a couple regular sized spools of grey. I think the light is less likely to show up in the black piecing than the dark in the light piecing.
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I would use some shade of grey. Either white or black seems to not work out well, but gray is a better blend.
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I use an off white or light to medium gray....brand doesn't matter to me as long as it's not Coats and Clark.
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I'm not overly fussed about thread color when piecing. Rarely do stitches show. Given 2 choices, light or dark, I'd always go for the light. Dark may show through fabric. If, for some reason, a stitch or two show up on dark fabric, I can always touch them up with a micron or other permanent pen, right?
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Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
(Post 8695891)
I'm not overly fussed about thread color when piecing. Rarely do stitches show. Given 2 choices, light or dark, I'd always go for the light. Dark may show through fabric. If, for some reason, a stitch or two show up on dark fabric, I can always touch them up with a micron or other permanent pen, right?
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