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   sewanista | Jul 10, 2005 07:46am | #1

   I would consider making a test by layering all the fabrics you'll use and pulling them to simulate the stress you'll anticipate the purse being under. You'll very quickly have the answer. I find with thread colours that sometimes a colour that doesn't seem right to the brain looks right to the eye. I recently sewed something in a funny shade of purple, and it turned out that a purply-brown that looked wrong on the reel was right because it disappeared into the fabric the best when in a single thread.

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   stitchmd | Jul 10, 2005 11:24pm | #2

   It can help to use different bobbin and upper thread colors. Decide first which layer will be on bottom and which on top as you feed it through the machine.

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   San | Jul 12, 2005 06:55am | #4

   That thought crossed my mind but I was worried about the "thread police" saying that was a no-no!  I must learn to be braver!  I'll be glad when my project is finished.  Thanks for responding with another good idea.  

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   San | Jul 12, 2005 06:44am | #3

   I did what you suggested and tugged and pulled, testing both colors.  The result was neither one showed!    I chose the light one for that area.     I worried because I had a few slightly straining threads when I attached the flap...I'm probably the only one who would notice...  but I bought some trim to embellish it with so now no one will see it!!      Thanks for your advice!                          

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   sewanista | Jul 12, 2005 08:56am | #5

   I.m glad you had a successful result! I often think we get way too hard on ourselves when we make stuff. I used to work in some small start-up clothing companies, and some things I was expected to do, like sew everything on a superlong stitch because it would take less time on the old domestic machine they had, would make your toes curl. Especially when they then charge good money for it - and sell it!

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   roone | Jul 12, 2005 03:05pm | #6

   Hi Sandra, I know you had excellent suggestions, ones I've used myself. Another one I've used, when seams like on a purse get a lot of pulling and tugging, is threading two shades through my needle, creating a varigated thread that blends and increases strength. Karen

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   mem1 | Jul 13, 2005 05:46am | #7

   I think off white sounds fine . Its really the view of the purse that will be most easily seen that shoulmd dictate the colour. I think that the green thread on the crem outer would be a bigger problem than the thread not matching the lineing.

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   San | Jul 13, 2005 06:48am | #8

   Hi.   Yes I agree.   What are your thoughts about thread color for the trim...I think matching closest to trim is better than  invisible...             San

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   mem1 | Jul 14, 2005 09:55am | #9

   absolutely.