472 Great Falls — The Deep Waterfall Blue
So Fine! 472 Great Falls is the rich, deep blue of the Great Falls of the Missouri River — a powerful, vivid deep blue that reads as bold and dramatically present. For bold contemporary, art, and deep blue fabric quilts where blue should feel as powerful and vivid as rushing water. It sits between 433 Out of the Blue and 431 Navy in the deep blue run, part of the Montana landscape series with 470 Big Sky.
Top 10 Uses
- Rich deep blue fabric production
- Dramatic and bold blue palette quilts
- Waterfall and landscape-inspired quilts
- Tone-on-tone on rich deep blue fabric
- Mixed vivid deep blue palette production
- Art quilts in powerful deep blue
- Studio rich deep blue thread
- Completing the deep blue family
- Bridging Out of the Blue and Navy for vivid deep blue
- Competition quilts in dramatic deep blue
#50 weight, 3-ply polyester. 3,280 yards. Colour: Great Falls (472).
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Great Falls the right blue instead of Navy?
On deep but clearly vivid blues — saturated royal-deep solids and water batiks — where Navy reads flat dark. Reserve Navy for true suiting-dark navy fabric.
Is Great Falls a good thread for water-effect quilting?
Yes — wave fills, current lines, and cascade motifs read powerfully in Great Falls over deep blue fabrics, with the matte finish keeping the water texture natural rather than glittery.
What bobbin pairs best with So Fine! 472 Great Falls?
A fine deep blue polyester bobbin — Bottom Line in royal-deep blue, or a Pacific pre-wound on deep blue backings — hides cleanly at balanced tension across bold production.