I missed a blog post last week-- yes, it was PAR-TAY time as we say around here, and I'll tell you all about it next week, when I'm fully recovered. It's come to my attention that Superior is having a sale on Magnifico-- it's up to 50% off-- but you have to act by Labor Day. So here's a quick rundown of our favorite colors, if you'd like to stock up for fall stitchin!
We are blessed with this--
If you've been embroidering for years, your thread collection may be more like this--
We are not at all opposed to this approach-- all the brands play so well together in our experience. It's a good time of year to just take stock of what you have and fill in the blanks-- the goal is to have lights, mediums, and darks in the rainbow colors, and a few neutrals.
So let's go through the Magnifico color chart-- we're pulling out about 40 of 200 that we use all the time-- and we're going to star about twelve must-haves if you're light on budget. Or as many as you "need." hehe.
The chart starts with white and black-- truth is, I would stock up on white if you need it and the price is right. Some people are loyalists--I am not opposed to any brand of white---in a pinch, I've gotten Sulky at Joann Fabric-- that's my nearest source if I am in desperate need. Black is a must have-- but honestly, it is used in such tiny portions, I don't go through a lot of it.
Now the pinks-
Growing up between two brothers, pink is never a color I learned to understand-- I'd skip all the way down to the most peachy version-- 2023, 2024, and 2025 give you the light, medium, and dark you need. And I'll just skip down to purple, another girly color I don't use much of-- 2112 and 2115 are the warmer purples I use, and 2126, 2127, and 2129 and the cooler purples I reach for. None of these I'd put in the must- have column.
Warm colors:
Now I'm in my sandbox. 2050* is Magnifico's must-have cream. *2051 is more of a yellow. Then, I'd skip right through the rest of the yellows-- most of them are too electric, although if I need a darker yellow, I'd pick 2061.
*2054 is cheddar-- one of my absolute favorite colors. I like to sprinkle it here and there. *2041 is THE red-- only occasionally do I use a more candy apple one. *2045 is my dark red of choice.
*2068-- a beautiful gold. Then we have a range of oranges, light to dark-- 2036, 2037, 2038, and 2040. Now I am just realizing you can tell how full the spool is to see how much I use it--LOL. So 2037 is my go to orange-- I wouldn't call it a must have, because orange is not a huge color with me.
Greens--
Magnifico has a huge range of greens-- from really soft, unsaturated ones, to bluish, to bright. So I use all of them in slight measures since so much of my work had greenery in it. *2097 is a lime that may be my most used color. *2104 is basic your Irish green. And 2091 is my favorite dark, outline green. Other than that, I also use 2099 and 2100 for more subtlety with my 2097. Then I threw a warm gray into the photo-- 2182 is the best one.
Onward to blue-- also a nice range of hues in Magnifico.
2134 is a light blue, but *2143 is THE pale blue, my go to. 2138 and 2140 represent the teal end-- you'll know these if you did Stitches of the Sea! The bottom row is a range from light to dark I use freqently-- *2161 is a must-have for me-- it's a great Royal Blue.
Then we close out with supplementary colors-- yes, we do need neutrals sometimes!
2001 is white-- then 2165 and 2167 give you a light and dark gray. 2170 is for beige (only when cream 2050 is too bright) then my range of browns from light to dark-- 2173, *2174, *2176, and 2189.
So that's a run down of MY favorite colors-- I always have to end by saying-- you'll never mis-color an embroidery design if you pick colors YOU like!
Visit Superior Threads to save on Magnifico by September 6th-- here (I'll just note that I do not get a commission on any thread purchases and we are in no way affiliated with them, so we obviously do not provide customer service for anything you do buy.)
I was looking through the threads earlier this weekend when I saw the ad pop up....I had purchased a lot of the "collections" that had been put together for some of your design sets (cloud club, I think). I've been buying Superior for several years, especially when they have a lot of their great sales. Recently I was buying a lot of the twist thread that they are discontinuing because I've really enjoyed twist threads for years - just give that little bit extra.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hearing all about your par-tay time!! XOXO
Speaking of PAR-tay times - I made birthday placemats for my 2 great nieces using your birthday cross stitch design in the 6x8 size and they were a big hit. Now we are expecting a great nephew and I would like to do a placemat for him. It doesn't need to be cross stitch but I would prefer a design that is a bit more masculine. Do you have any plans for a design like that?
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you, thank you, thank you!! Much LOVE!!! I had a few, and now I can get the rest. Looking forward to the Par-TAY story. Happy Birthday again!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Good to know where to start. Of course, being the anal type, I want ALL the colors. What can I say? Looking forward to next weeks blog. My really good friend and I have started planning our really big ends in zero birthday. We're 2 weeks apart. It's probably going to include getting our "standing on the corner in Winslow, AZ" picture.
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