TIP: Recently I realized that thread looks darker on the spool than it does on fabric? Be sure to choose thread a shade darker than the material you'll be using it on.

thank you!

Thank you for sharing this.

I took home-ec all through high school, but if they told us that it is something I forgot. I usually just hold up the spool to the fabric to see if it matches. Now I have learned something new and will use try to remember for the future.

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by momhome 13 Jul 2012

Thank you for sharing this with us.

by sarahrose 13 Jul 2012

thank you.

Wow does it? I've never noticed but I'll check it out, thanks :) xXx

Thank you very much!

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You are welcome.

Some liked this and some already knew about it.

yep! Thanks! Live Laugh Download Stitch!

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You're welcome

I learned this some time ago. Sorry I never thought to share. I guess I thought I was the only one that saw it that way. Should have known better.

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

thanks

I did not realise, so thank you for the tip.

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You're welcome

Thank you for the tip. I know about light colors as the yellow on white fabric (ask me how I know..). About thread colors, recently, I have used a reddish color (bitter root) onto black and was apprehensive about the result, not having embroidered it onto a dark color before, but the result has been spectacular. Now I know that too...
Hugs, Lidia

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You're welcome, I owuld love to see your resutls.

I never realized it, but thinking about it now, i see this is right! I appreciate your bringing it to my attention! thanks, every time I think I know it all someone comes in and lets me know life is a learning process....learning new stuff each day! Learning new stuff, does that mean I forget some old something? smiles!

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by meganne 12 Jul 2012

No, you don't forget it, it just takes longer to retrieve from your archives.
Well that's my excuse anyway. LOL!!!
HNR, M

by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You're welcome

Thanks for the tip - been sewing for years but never heard of this before. I unwind some thread to lay on fabric to try to match and always test stitch embroidery before doing on something real so at least I have a clue of what it will all look like together.

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

You're welcome

Indeed I use to learn this lesson the hard way. Especially when I want to sew and don't have the right color ;D *2U

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

Glad we all learned it, now.

That is a problem that I encounter from time to time. All the thread looks great together in a pile, but when stitched out, I can see where a different color choice would have made a design a little better. I just haven't found any one way to predict the outcome of how the colors will actually look together when stitched out. The computer just doesn't have the same effect as real thread.

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by sarahrose 12 Jul 2012

It is a learn learn situation.

Thanks for the tip.
I always unravel a couple of metres of thread off the spool and lay it out on the fabric or (for embroidery designs) something white, to compare shades and colour properties before I make my choice, for every colour in a design.
It takes a bit longer to select each thread but it is worth the extra time so that colours don't clash.
Hugs n roses, Meganne

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by mops 12 Jul 2012

Exactly what I do.

by katydid 12 Jul 2012

Me too!! I also stop the machine and change the thread when I realize I have made a poor choice. Better to correct it before it stitches.