Which thread color?

I think the black would show up much better. Especially if you used 2 black threads so the thread would show better on the topstitching. Just my 2c!. Barbara in rainy FL

BEI Design wrote: :I am making a garment for my sister using a black and white :print. There will be topstitching, buttonholes, buttons, :etc. I will probably make up a couple of samples, but I'm :curious, which thread color do you use on a fabric that is :printed (or woven) 50%-50% of two distinct colors?

I typically use the lighter color. If I really wnat it to show up, I'd use a contrasting color. If I really, really don't want it show, I've changed colors to match the fabric.

If I were making it for me, I'd be likely to use red. For someone else, likely black.

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Yes, that's what I would have said, too. Make it red, and thicker thread, to highlight the garment. Or make it black, for a less showy, but still spectacular look.

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I am making a garment for my sister using a black and white print. There will be topstitching, buttonholes, buttons, etc. I will probably make up a couple of samples, but I'm curious, which thread color do you use on a fabric that is printed (or woven) 50%-50% of two distinct colors?

I'm tending towards black it looks best in the samples.

Bevelry

Not in this fabric! ;-) (Fleece zebra stripe.)

I agree, that sounds spectacular. But not for this particular garment.

No doubling of thread, it'll be double (or triple?) coverstitch for the hem and whatever I select for buttonholes. I am tending toward black. The fabric is this zebra fleece:

:-) I made several samples, black looks best on this particular project.

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I agree 100%; the Animal is enough of an eye catcher. Red would be totally over the top here. Now, if it had been something more floral, for example, red might have done well. I guess, the less prominent the stitches are, the better it will look on the creeter (and I don't mean your sister here). ;-) I couldn't put my finger on it why, but black would be my first instinctive choice here, too.

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My mother's advice was always to go with a slightly darker rather than lighter thread color when matching to a fabric. That was for sewing seams, etc, but I think it also works well for topstitching. I think lighter colored thread would tend to look faded. However, white (or red) topstitching on black work very well in some cases for instance:

For this particular garment I think black for the stitching and buttons will be my choice.

My mother's advice was always to go with a slightly darker rather than lighter thread color when matching to a fabric. That was for sewing seams, etc, but I think it also works well for topstitching. I think lighter colored thread would tend to look faded. However, white (or red) topstitching on black work very well in some cases for instance:

For this particular garment I think black for the stitching and buttons will be my choice.

Black is classy Juno