How to choose a fabric color?

magpire

I would like to use a different color to the one the designers use but worry it won't look nice when done or that the stitching wont stand out as well.

How do you chose a fabric color for your projects?  

stitcherex

I usually use white for all work, antique white/off white at the most.  

Polstitches has a fabric colour tester that might help you.  Go to their website and play around the tester.

Cheers,
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abbysmom1976

I usually go with my gut :)  I look at the colors and decide like I did a Key Lime Pie and even though the pattern was supposed to be a totally different color I chose a reallly pretty green color and it turned out beautiful :)  But I also agree with the above that antique white or off white is always a good choice :)  That or maybe a very light tan/brown :)  Good luck!

tipsyturtle

I do a floss toss. Lay out the threads you want to use against different fabrics. Also good if you want to change thread colors.  

magpire

Thanks for the tips! :D

I think the floss toss is the best for me - I want to switch green fabric for dark blue but I don't know if the stitching would fade into it too much.

rteixeira63

If you haven't bought the fabric you can always ask what floss is the closes color match to the fabric.
I usually use white, off white or Raw Linen. I have also used a grey blue but that is it.

htsear13

Thank you!

Knitpurlsm

Thanks for the info!