The Polar Ice Colour
Glide 42116 Arctic is the pale, cool, slightly purple-blue of Arctic ice — the ethereal, luminous colour of polar light and deep ice. Positioned between pale blue and pale lavender with the specific quality of ice-refracted light, cooler than Lavender, paler than Periwinkle, Arctic serves winter fantasy, ice queen, and aurora borealis-themed quilts where the colour should feel genuinely cold and magical.
Top 10 Uses
- Pale icy purple-blue fabric backgrounds
- Winter and ice-themed quilt designs
- Fantasy and fairy tale ice-palette quilts
- Tone-on-tone on pale cool ice-blue fabric
- Mixed winter cool palette production
- Aurora borealis and polar light designs
- Children's fantasy winter quilts
- Paired with Cloud for complete pale cool blue-purple family
- Studio ethereal winter pale thread
- Completing the ice and polar colour family
Shop Fil-Tec Glide 42116 Arctic Thread
Pale icy purple-blue for winter fantasy and polar quilts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Arctic differ from Lavender?
Lavender is a soft floral purple with warmth in its base, while Arctic is colder and bluer — ice rather than flowers. On winter and frost-themed fabrics Arctic reads truer; on herb-garden and romantic pastels, Lavender is the natural choice.
Is Arctic or Periwinkle better for a snow-queen quilt?
Arctic — Periwinkle carries more saturation and reads as a definite blue-violet colour, while Arctic keeps the pale, luminous ice quality that makes frozen-fantasy designs glow. Use Periwinkle for accent depth in the same quilt if the palette needs a stronger note.
How do I quilt an aurora effect with Arctic?
Run flowing, ribbon-like quilting lines in Arctic across a dark navy or deep purple ground, adding passes in a pale green and a soft violet. The contrast of icy pale thread on dark fabric plus Glide's sheen recreates the aurora's luminous movement convincingly.