Quilta93 Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I was at the MQX quilt show today and I have class tomorrow. Wonderful show. Saw your quilts Heidi and Teresa. Beautiful quilts. I can't believe your tiny feathers Heidi. I went to an APQS roadshow in Albany, NY, and put a deposit down on a Millennium. For those interested the roadshow price ended up being $200.00 less than the MQX Quilt Show price. Now onto my question. There are soooooo many thread colors. What colors do you use the most? If you are quilting a quilt and do not want to change thread colors, what neutral color do you use? Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I always kept an olive green and a taupe. Green is an amazing blender believe it or not. It works with a lot of different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Deb: Pick you favorite thread maker, and ask them what are there most popular colors. Then you can start with that and build. I say build, because it always seems with me that on every project I have to pick up another color spool to match my fabric. I have found lavender works well blending wth many different color fabrics. I use it on some of the charity quilts I practice on. Best of luck to you. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I love using chartreuse on baby quilts. It's always a fun little surprise. A gold works well on neutral backgrounds, too. Taupe, some shade of green, dk gray. White Glide is gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Row Studio Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Two of my favorite colors that seem to blend well with many fabrics are a Filtec thread glide 324515 Cleopatra goldish glide 60398 Split pea greenish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing bear Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 My favorite is Filtec glide called Chestnut. Love love love this color. Looks great on a lot of traditional type fabrics. Also, filtec Sand. And both have the prewound bobbins! Woo woo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted April 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Thank you everyone for your input. I'm off to buy more thread. Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheagatzi Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Glide Military Gold is my all time favourite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 It all depends on how you if you want your quilting (thread) to show. I like grays and creams for blending. Glide is my go to thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Thank you everyone. I bought a fair amount of thread. I only do charity quilts and quilt for myself. I mostly want threads to blend. I have several lap size quilt tops to quilt and in between I practice on thrift store sheets. Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairns Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Congrats on your purchase, Deb. I was at the same roadshow and bought a Lucey. Have fun! Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 [Congrats on your purchase, Deb. I was at the same roadshow and bought a Lucey. Have fun! Jo] Congratulations on your purchase too. Enjoy! Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leigh Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I use alot of white 50 weight blends in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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