Thread colors for MQ (long)

some time ago someone here asked about using more than
one color quilting thread on a quilt. I said that while
I had never done it, I thought it would work okay. HA!
I inadvertently lied. Since then I noticed that my
little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of
thread. Yesterday I was sorting UFOs and found more
evidence of my duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion
of a UFO. It is a Sampler of many different 12" blocks
made from HST. Each block has the same group of HST.
There are two dark colors and two light colors of
triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is
Dark Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White
HST have stipple in White thread. In both cases I used
same color thread in top and bobbin. Back looks real
interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those
a Dark Blue, Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the
colors are in each block I am stumped. Would White be
too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark be too
dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an
appropriate multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so
I hope this description works. Thanks bunches for you
advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

Hey Pat,

Wihtout having seen the top: I'd go with a variegated thread. Nancy's
has a lot of different ones, just about every colour combination you can
imagine and then some. Of course, if the thread matches any of the
colours, you will get an effect where the quilting shows in places and
not in others. So you might not want it to match too closely to any of
the colours.

Hanne in London

Pat in Virginia wrote:
some time ago someone here asked about using more than one color
quilting thread on a quilt. I said that while I had never done it, I
thought it would work okay. HA! I inadvertently lied. Since then I
noticed that my little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of
thread. Yesterday I was sorting UFOs and found more evidence of my
duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion of a UFO. It is
a Sampler of many different 12" blocks made from HST. Each block has the
same group of HST. There are two dark colors and two light colors of
triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is Dark Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White HST have stipple
in White thread. In both cases I used same color thread in top and
bobbin. Back looks real interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those a Dark Blue,
Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the colors are in each block I am
stumped. Would White be too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark
be too dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an appropriate
multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so I hope this description
works. Thanks bunches for you advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

Okay, Pat. Here's the plan. There's too much at stake here. We want joyous
success.
Make a sandwich in the fastest form you can using all the colors. I'll
bet you can do that. The sandwich doesn't have to be neat or esthetically
pleasing (thought I could use that expression if you could say "duplicity").
Now. Test things. I agree that some choices would be glaring Or dreary.
We want, "Ah. Just right".
Please report back. We want to know what you decide. Polly


"Hanne Gottliebsen" wrote in message
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Hey Pat,

Wihtout having seen the top: I'd go with a variegated thread. Nancy's
has a lot of different ones, just about every colour combination you can
imagine and then some. Of course, if the thread matches any of the
colours, you will get an effect where the quilting shows in places and
not in others. So you might not want it to match too closely to any of
the colours.

Hanne in London

Pat in Virginia wrote:
some time ago someone here asked about using more than one color
quilting thread on a quilt. I said that while I had never done it, I
thought it would work okay. HA! I inadvertently lied. Since then I
noticed that my little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of
thread. Yesterday I was sorting UFOs and found more evidence of my
duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion of a UFO. It is
a Sampler of many different 12" blocks made from HST. Each block has the
same group of HST. There are two dark colors and two light colors of
triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is Dark Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White HST have stipple
in White thread. In both cases I used same color thread in top and
bobbin. Back looks real interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those a Dark Blue,
Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the colors are in each block I am
stumped. Would White be too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark
be too dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an appropriate
multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so I hope this description
works. Thanks bunches for you advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

I like Polly's idea: test everything you can think of. And may I
respectfully suggest invisible thread? There's a place for everything!
Roberta in D

"Pat in Virginia" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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some time ago someone here asked about using more than one color quilting
thread on a quilt. I said that while I had never done it, I thought it
would work okay. HA! I inadvertently lied. Since then I noticed that my
little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of thread. Yesterday I
was sorting UFOs and found more evidence of my duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion of a UFO. It is a
Sampler of many different 12" blocks made from HST. Each block has the
same group of HST. There are two dark colors and two light colors of
triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is Dark Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White HST have stipple
in White thread. In both cases I used same color thread in top and bobbin.
Back looks real interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those a Dark Blue,
Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the colors are in each block I am
stumped. Would White be too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark be
too dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an appropriate
multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so I hope this description works.
Thanks bunches for you advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

In article uEsHd.15931$Tf5.15465@lakeread03,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those
a Dark Blue, Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the
colors are in each block I am stumped. Would White be
too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark be too
dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an
appropriate multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so
I hope this description works. Thanks bunches for you
advice!


The quilt sounds really lovely, Pat. As for those triangles, if you can
find a variegated thread with most of the same (or similar, or blending)
colors in it, I'd go for that! Of course, I love variegated threads, but
I think it would solve the problem of the white being too glaring or the
dark being too dreary. Why don't you send it to me so I can see it,
since your camera is broken? Of course, I'd prefer to see it after it's
finished.... Still, in keeping with the title you bestowed upon me, I
feel it's my duty to inspect this piece and give you the best opinion I
can. g
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

NICE sidelined beg here ; )
Ragmop..we have another contender trying to gain on Pat and I---
Butterfly (and you thought I was still abed did you)
"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
...
In article uEsHd.15931$Tf5.15465@lakeread03,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those
a Dark Blue, Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the
colors are in each block I am stumped. Would White be
too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark be too
dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an
appropriate multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so
I hope this description works. Thanks bunches for you
advice!


The quilt sounds really lovely, Pat. As for those triangles, if you can
find a variegated thread with most of the same (or similar, or blending)
colors in it, I'd go for that! Of course, I love variegated threads, but
I think it would solve the problem of the white being too glaring or the
dark being too dreary. Why don't you send it to me so I can see it,
since your camera is broken? Of course, I'd prefer to see it after it's
finished.... Still, in keeping with the title you bestowed upon me, I
feel it's my duty to inspect this piece and give you the best opinion I
can. g
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Okay, now I have a goal when I am browsing in Nancy's
on Friday evening... look for thread. That should keep
me out of trouble with fabric! The reason I will be
there? A Sue Nickels Lecture and Dessert! Way cool.
Ta, PAT
PS Hanne: Did I ever email you the pictures?

Hanne Gottliebsen wrote:
Hey Pat,

Wihtout having seen the top: I'd go with a variegated thread. Nancy's
has a lot of different ones, just about every colour combination you can
imagine and then some. Of course, if the thread matches any of the
colours, you will get an effect where the quilting shows in places and
not in others. So you might not want it to match too closely to any of
the colours.

Hanne in London

Pat in Virginia wrote:

some time ago someone here asked about using more than one color
quilting thread on a quilt. I said that while I had never done it, I
thought it would work okay. HA! I inadvertently lied. Since then I
noticed that my little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of
thread. Yesterday I was sorting UFOs and found more evidence of my
duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion of a UFO. It
is a Sampler of many different 12" blocks made from HST. Each block
has the same group of HST. There are two dark colors and two light
colors of triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is Dark
Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White HST have
stipple in White thread. In both cases I used same color thread in top
and bobbin. Back looks real interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those a Dark Blue,
Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the colors are in each block I am
stumped. Would White be too glaring against the dark tones? Would Dark
be too dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should hunt for an
appropriate multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so I hope this
description works. Thanks bunches for you advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

You and Roberta are right. This needs to be tested. I
will TRY to make a sandwich of those fabrics, or a
reasonable facsimile. (Dang, I love these half dollar
words!) The UFO is so OLD that I am not sure if I even
have samples of the pastels in the stash.
Thanks to both of you. PAT in VA/USA

Polly Esther wrote:

Okay, Pat. Here's the plan. There's too much at stake here. We want joyous
success.
Make a sandwich in the fastest form you can using all the colors. I'll
bet you can do that. The sandwich doesn't have to be neat or esthetically
pleasing (thought I could use that expression if you could say "duplicity").
Now. Test things. I agree that some choices would be glaring Or dreary.
We want, "Ah. Just right".
Please report back. We want to know what you decide. Polly

Nope! I even thought about that last night as I emailed some other quilt
photos to a friend.

Maybe I should encourage a collective shout for pictures? Come on girls,
help me out :-)

Hanne in London

Pat in Virginia wrote:
Okay, now I have a goal when I am browsing in Nancy's on Friday
evening... look for thread. That should keep me out of trouble with
fabric! The reason I will be there? A Sue Nickels Lecture and Dessert!
Way cool.
Ta, PAT
PS Hanne: Did I ever email you the pictures?

Hanne Gottliebsen wrote:

Hey Pat,

Wihtout having seen the top: I'd go with a variegated thread. Nancy's
has a lot of different ones, just about every colour combination you
can imagine and then some. Of course, if the thread matches any of the
colours, you will get an effect where the quilting shows in places and
not in others. So you might not want it to match too closely to any of
the colours.

Hanne in London

Pat in Virginia wrote:

some time ago someone here asked about using more than one color
quilting thread on a quilt. I said that while I had never done it, I
thought it would work okay. HA! I inadvertently lied. Since then I
noticed that my little Down Under Santa WH has at least 4 colors of
thread. Yesterday I was sorting UFOs and found more evidence of my
duplicity.

Now I want some advice on what color to quilt a portion of a UFO. It
is a Sampler of many different 12" blocks made from HST. Each block
has the same group of HST. There are two dark colors and two light
colors of triangles, each paired with white. Quilt backing is Dark
Blue print.

So far, I have SITD the sashing in Dark Blue; all White HST have
stipple in White thread. In both cases I used same color thread in
top and bobbin. Back looks real interesting with white stippling.

Now I wonder what to use on the color triangles. Those a Dark
Blue, Maroon, Light Blue, Pink. Since all the colors are in each
block I am stumped. Would White be too glaring against the dark
tones? Would Dark be too dreary on the light tones? Maybe I should
hunt for an appropriate multicolor thread? Our camera is broken, so I
hope this description works. Thanks bunches for you advice!

PAT in ccccold VA/USA

No kidding Ms. B! I think I created a Monster! ;P
PAT in VA/USA

Butterfly wrote:

NICE sidelined beg here ; )
Ragmop..we have another contender trying to gain on Pat and I---
Butterfly (and you thought I was still abed did you)
"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
...


The quilt sounds really lovely, Pat. As for those triangles, if you can
find a variegated thread with most of the same (or similar, or blending)
colors in it, I'd go for that! Of course, I love variegated threads, but
I think it would solve the problem of the white being too glaring or the
dark being too dreary. Why don't you send it to me so I can see it,
since your camera is broken? Of course, I'd prefer to see it after it's
finished.... Still, in keeping with the title you bestowed upon me, I
feel it's my duty to inspect this piece and give you the best opinion I
can. g

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education