Tips And Tools Tuesday – Monofilament Thread To The Rescue!

I'd pieced the Christmas Table Runner top, layered it with the batting and backing. The next thing to do was...

Quilt it.   (Cue the crickets.)

Have you been there?

Are you there now?

I had an image in my mind of how I wanted to machine quilt my little table runner. But, I was stuck on which thread or threads to use.

As you can see, I used many colors to create the pattern and there are only a couple of places where the same colors touch.

I REALLY didn't want to use individual thread colors to match each area I would be quilting, because, well, I don't even want to think about how many starts and stops THAT would be!

I didn't want to try to find a "happy medium" color, because, well, look at it again. There really is no happy medium color! It would pretty much be too light or too dark on each of the fabrics. I didn't want the thread to show up at all! Just the quilting. Period!

That's when I remembered having this same predicament while working on  the Baby Buzz Saw quilt in my post Monofilament Thread - It's Not So Scary.

Yep! That was the perfect solution! I couldn't be happier with the results!

I outlined the gingerbread men and hearts.  Put some wavy lines in the red, sort of like ribbon candy. (Okay, use your imagination.) Quilted some Holly-ish designs in the green. And, just had fun in the other sections. All without changing my thread! Double YAY!

What do you think?

Have you tried monofilament thread?

Have you checked out The Lookout Mountain Quilter group page on Facebook?

Why not head over there now? Join the group and share photos and stories about the projects you are working on.

Today is a good day to try monofilament thread. It really is! 🙂

Diane