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Hi Everyone. I have completed a top made of black and bright yellow, green, purple, red and blue. I am using a black batting and backing it with a tone on tone black. The top turned out beautiful. Now the question of how to quilt it. I plan on hand quilting it and since it is a sampler, I am using a different quilting motif on each block. I don't want to use the normal beige/gray quilting thread but I don't want to use black in the bright sections. I would like to match the color of the thread to the section I am quilting but of course, quilting thread does not come in a rainbow of colors, especially the colors I want. I do not want to use monofiliment either. Picky, aren't I? The quilt is mostly for show and won't be used to snuggle in or on a bed. Could I get away with using a good quality sewing thread in the colors I need? I never use sewing thread for even hand piecing. I want it to look good but the thread type really has me stumped. If using sewing thread is definitely a no-no, I guess I will go with black quilting thread on the black and beige on the brights. What would you do? Any help and suggestions are very much appreciated. Happy sewing, Carol

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Carol Wolfe
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Mettler and Gutterman both have a wonderful selection of 100% cotton threads. I even think they have a good selection of colors in the "quilting" thread. I think a 100% cotton thread that you have run through beeswax should have a nice stiffness to it that would resemble a heavier quilting thread.

Laurie G.

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Laurie G.

Hi Carol, Your quilt sounds wonderful! I went to

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ForHandquilting, they seem to think Madeira Cotona 80 weight Madeira Silk Embroidery Floss Sulky 12wt Cotton Sulky 30wt Cotton Superior Threads Perfect Quilter 30wt Valdani Hand-Dyed Varigated Cotton 35wt YLI 1000 denier Silk Embroidery Thread YLI Colours - cotton - 30/3 YLI Glazed Cotton Hand-Quilting Thread

are all good for hand quilting.

If you check out their color selection, I think you'll be very please to see just how many colors there are out there for you. Good luck with your quilt! Please let us know if you try a new thread and like it. Or even if you don't like it! :)

Elena, who bought her first spool of Valdani and Robert Anston (Anton?) today and JUST couldn't afford one of Aurefil, darn it!

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Ellison

Carol, I'd go ahead and use black on the black sections, if you want to. But have you discovered variegated threads yet? You can find one in bright primary colors (though I think it also has green and purple) by YLI, and that would be fun to use on the entire quilt you've made. :) It will sort of blend with the colored parts and look spectacular on the black....

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Megan Vest

I call this method "sneaking up on it" and this is how I chose the rugs for my house. I'd bring home 3 or 4 choices, sneak up on them, and figure out which was the right one. If anybody wants to see my final choices, come on over!

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frood

There are some wonderful varigated quilting threads out there. I wonder, if you change the thread colors as you move from color to color on the top---what will the back look like? Kind of spotty maybe. RedQueen

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Judy Grevenites

Hullo Carol I'll leave it to the others to help out with thread - I know very little, sorry! But, I just wanted to say that I have heard numerous quilters who have quilted with black thread on black fabric vow they would never do it again, as it is so exhausting to the eyes. If the quilt is a show quilt, rather than a bed quilt, you might like to have a look at the wonderful colour range (incl. variegated) of something like Madeira rayons. Gorgeous. (I am sure they're fine for bed quilts too, but I rarely make bed quilts - sorry Sairey!!) . In article , Carol Wolfe writes

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