Primitive1 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I am finishing up a quilt that has rather wide borders on the outside but am wondering...I can't decide whether to use white or a matching dark green thread to do swirls and snowflakes in the outside border. The fabric is dark green with little holly leaves and peppermints and is busy so I am worried that if I use green it won't show but white would look like snow and echoes what I did in the center of the quilt, but would show up well. This quilt will be in large shows so I want to do it right...what do you all think? Green or White thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Vicki I'm generally a fabric/thread blender. I'd go with the thread that doesn't contrast too much otherwise that will become distracting. Hard to say without seeing the quilt but my normal impulse is to let the thread blend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Thanks, I just needed some input - I rarely get this way but just could not decide, worried that one would not show up and that the other would be too distracting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I "usually" let the thread blend, too. Could you make a small quilt sandwich using your top fabric and run it through your domestic machine with the white and then the green thread to get a better idea of the outcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 White. Why quilt it, if if it not going to show? Especially when it is for a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I usually tend to blend just like Heidi cause I you said it would look like snow ? I just used a silver glide--not the metalic glisten -- on a winter quilt and it looked amazing--sort of like a bit of snow frosting with a tiny bit of sparkle. I was very happy that I'd used that accent on her quilt . It dfid not take away from the piecing or the embroiderey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 OK so thats 2 and 2 - I'm still on the fence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Have you got a piccie so we can get an idea of the body and border colours? Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Vicki, LOL isn't that the way it always goes! I think the best suggestion is to do a test sample if you can. You may not know for sure until you actually do a small sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 How about using a green and white variegated?:P:P:P:P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 As long as the border fabric in not so busy with white scattered in it, and you what the quilting to show then use white. But if the fabric is really busy with a fair amount of white then sometimes the thread and quilting design just get jumbled up with the fabric. Does that make sense? Maybe a thread of a light green may work and show but not compete. Just my thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Blend is the choice, with the green glide to highlight here and there?? too light would take away from the focal part of the quilt and bring the attention to the borders. The almost metalic will show the quilting enough to show the pattern . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Here is a picture of the quilt border along with some thread options I am thinking of.... [/url The far right is a metalic that looks good but since I haven't used it anywhere else in the quilt, not sure if just in the border would work...the large cone of so fine is mainly what I have used in the balance of the quilt... thanks for your input..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Personally I would do a bead-board with the light green thread. The fabric is very pretty, very busy and (I think) the white will be too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltedsunflower Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I know this is totally off the subject, but I never thought about using painters tape to "control" the quilt top roller is you float. I love this forum. You learn something when you're not even trying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I would do either the light green or dark green and I agree with Mryna that the fabric isn't going to show much quilting at all. Something swirly would look nice and add to the swirl of the fabric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 That funny green color second from the left disappears the most and I like it. It won't compete with the quilt center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Originally posted by Myrna Ficken Personally I would do a bead-board with the light green thread. The fabric is very pretty, very busy and (I think) the white will be too much. I like Myrna's suggestion, now that I see the quilt. I would do a 'fancy' beadboard, though, instead of just one line evenly spaced apart, I'd do double lines and alternate the spaces between a longer and a shorter distance. Looks like a very classy quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 exactly what i had in mind Joan. Gosh we are good! I think I will go quilt;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Grady Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I like a combo of Myrna and Oma....bead-board with second green from left. Anxious to see it finished. It looks like an awesome Christmas quilt with amazing quilting from what I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Grady Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Just read Joan's reply. Love her idea, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharni Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I agree with the thread second from the left and bead board. Please post a pic of the quilt and closeup of the border when you finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Joan, what do you mean by alternating the beadboard lines between longer and shorter distances? I have already done a regular one line beadboard between the holly leaves and the green border.... I think I will need to separate the beadboards with something like maybe a small quilted border to separate the two...originally thinking I would use a stencil and do large swirls with scattered snowflakes....but the beadboard would help to frame the quilt without taking away from the center... It is usually easier for me to just make a decision and go with it but I want this one to be special..... Thanks everyone for your valuable input!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 In that busy dark green border I would use the forest green thread. You're not going to see the quilting much anyway with that print fabric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I'd go for the green and bead board too. That fabric is too busy to compete with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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