Aurifil ♡ : :

It's no secret that I love to use Aurifil thread in my projects. Recently I received the most beautiful collection of their threads to use in some big projects I'll be working on behind the scenes, but I just couldn't resist showing you these colors right away! It's as if this Arizona Thread Box by April Rhodes was made just for me! These colors are so lovely and of course they coordinate perfectly with all of April's fabric collections, which you may have noticed, I've been using quite a bit in recent weeks. These threads are all 40wt cotton, which is a favorite of mine for quilting and binding!





Since I had a newly pieced quilt top in April's new Bound fabrics waiting in the balance to be backed & bound, I decided to dig right into these gorgeous threads to finish it up!



First I picked up the Mustard yellow to match the Survey in Ochre print I chose for my quilt back. I usually choose a thread that will blend right into my quilt backing fabric and this was a pretty perfect match!



For the binding I first considered this Stainless Steel grey thread, it looks so nice with the Bound Homebody stripe print I chose!



Once I began adding my final quilting to the top, I loved the pop of color the Mustard added to the patchwork, how it mixed right into my backing fabric, and I decided it would work just as well for attaching the binding. No need to wind additional bobbins, hooray! I'm so happy with how it all turned out!



Using both April's fabrics and this thread collection of hers certainly makes for a beautiful quilt! Now it's off to my friends at Love, Patchwork, & Quilting Magazine to be shared in an upcoming issue, yay!!



How about you, have you tried Aurifil threads?

♡ Maureen


Thread Notes : : This Arizona Thread Box is designed by April Rhodes for Aurifil, it contains 12 large spools (1094 yards each) of 40 weight thread. Colors include Very Dark Navy(2785), Stainless Steel(2620), Grey Blue(5007), Medium Blue Grey(1310), Medium Juniper(2850), Plawnum(2912), Flesh(2205), Light Salmon(2220), Mustard(5022), Gold Yellow(5015), Light Beige(2310), and Medium Orange(5009).