Quite a while ago one of my blogging friends (was it you, Clare?) commented that gold quilting thread blends well on most any quilt top, so I tried it. Here’s one quilted for me by Julia Madison. It has gold in it, of course, but I thought the gold thread worked out quite well. It shows up on the solid fabric but blends with the prints.
Same here:
I didn’t realize I used gold in my quilts so often!
On this more recent quilt, I asked Julia to use a thread recommended by another blogging friend, Elizabeth. It is 40 weight polyester but looks metallic.
If you’ve ever tried quilting with metallic thread, you know what a find this is! Julia said she had no trouble quilting with it. Here’s what it looks like on the quilt:
Meanwhile, I made a Christmas table runner for a class I’m going to teach. I quilted it myself using another recent find, InvisaFil thread. 
This thread is very thin, intended to show the quilting but not necessarily the stitches. I did some stitch in the ditch with it and found it much better for that purpose than regular thread I have used in the past. 
I also did some quilting that was meant to show, and that worked out equally well.
I will continue to use many other threads for quilting, but I’m pleased with these two new ones. What thread do you quilt with?
Zippy Quilts 
Thanks for this very useful information. I live the effect of metallic threads
My absolute “go to” gold metallic is Superior’s Variegated Gold metallic, #025. Stitches beautifully, doesn’t shred and the color changes are very subtle. Although it comes in a silver version, the gold has a bit of silver and blends with everthing for a nice rich “bling”.
Good to know! I love Superior threads so will try it. Thanks!
It comes on very large cones and I always have one extra (at times they are sold out. The link: https://www.superiorthreads.com/metallics-025-variegated-gold-cone
Well I did mention gold thread once. 🙂 I like the effects of the quilting you did. And I love that Superior mentions what size needle to use. I never can keep that straight.
Yes, putting needle size on the spool label is genius 🙂
I agree heartily…a big marketing niche is waiting for this!
Fun to see a post on gold thread–I loved using my Magnifico, and glad you found it helpful. It’s always good to find out what other quilters are using when quilting!
Oh yes – gold thread is yummy! Those are some wonderful pieces you shared in this post. I like that spool you shared – it looks metallic but might be easier to work with then some of the metallics.
I haven’t tried the gold thread yet myself, but my longarm quilter said it worked smoothly.