Sublime Floss Palette Sets: Mixing Remix, Fruit Salad and Portrait
By SUBLIME STITCHING Contemporary Embroidery Design since 2001 | Published: 2026-11-02
Category: Product Reviews
Compare Sunset Valley Remix, Fruit Salad and Portrait floss palettes on color count, price per skein and project fit, with practical rules for mixing them in one embroidery project.
Quick answer
Choose Sunset Valley Remix when you need many colors in one purchase, Fruit Salad for a small sunny project, and Portrait for skin, hair and neutral shading. Mixing all three works best when you assign one palette as the main color story and use the others for accents.
Color count changes how you plan a project
The biggest practical difference is how many colors arrive at once. Sunset Valley Remix is a 20-skein palette, while Fruit Salad and Portrait each contain seven skeins. That changes your planning: a 20-color set lets you build a full design from one purchase, while a seven-color set is better treated as a focused group of shades for a smaller motif or as an accent addition to a larger palette.
More colors also means more decisions about which shades to use together. With a seven-skein palette, the color story is already edited for you, which reduces selection time but limits variety.
Price per skein favors the larger Remix palette
At the listed catalog prices, Sunset Valley Remix costs USD 15.84 for 20 skeins, compared with USD 4.55 for Fruit Salad and USD 5.18 for Portrait at seven skeins each. Per skein, Remix is the lower-cost way to add many colors, while the smaller palettes cost more per skein but let you buy only the color range you need.
If you are testing a new palette or stitching a small project, the smaller sets avoid leftover floss. If you regularly stitch multi-color designs, the 20-skein set reduces repeat purchases.
Color character differs more than fiber content
All three palettes use the same Sublime Floss base: 100% Egyptian cotton with extra-long-staple fibers, mercerized and colorfast, in six-strand skeins of 8.75 yards. The real difference is the color story. Fruit Salad is described as strong, sunny shades, Portrait as portrait-appropriate shades, and Sunset Valley as a re-imagined 20-color range that includes named neutrals such as Black Hole and Eyeliner.
Because the fiber and skein length are consistent, you can mix palettes in one project without changing how the floss handles or how the finished stitches wear. The trade-off is that mixing palettes can blur the intended color story if you do not choose a dominant palette first.
Trade-offs to weigh before you buy
- Color variety vs. cost per skein: Sunset Valley Remix gives 20 skeins for USD 15.84, while Fruit Salad and Portrait give seven skeins for USD 4.55 and USD 5.18. Remix lowers the per-skein cost but requires a larger upfront purchase. If you stitch multi-color designs regularly, Remix is the more economical route; for one small project, a seven-skein set avoids leftovers.
- Focused color story vs. full-range flexibility: Fruit Salad and Portrait each deliver an edited seven-color story, while Remix spreads 20 colors across a wider range. A focused set speeds color selection; a wide set gives more blending and shading options. Pick a focused set when you want the palette to make the color decisions; pick Remix when you need to build many combinations yourself.
- Mixing palettes without losing coherence: Because all three use the same six-strand Egyptian cotton base, they mix cleanly in one project. Choose one palette as the main color story and pull only one or two shades from the others as accents. Limit each project to one dominant palette plus accents to keep the finished piece visually unified.
Palette facts at a glance
- FRUIT SALAD - Sublime Embroidery Floss Palette: Fruit Salad contains seven 8.75-yard skeins of six-strand Sublime Floss in strong, sunny shades. A compact, bright set suits small motifs and sunny designs without committing to 20 colors.
FRUIT SALAD - Sublime Embroidery Floss Palette - PORTRAIT - Sublime Embroidery Floss Palette: Portrait contains seven 8.75-yard skeins of six-strand Sublime Floss in shades selected for portraits. It gives you a ready-made range for faces, hair and neutral shading in a single small set.
PORTRAIT - Sublime Embroidery Floss Palette - SUNSET VALLEY Sublime Floss REMIX Palette: Sunset Valley Remix is a 20-skein palette of 8.75-yard six-strand skeins, including named neutrals such as Black Hole and Eyeliner. One purchase covers a wide color range, including dark neutrals that are useful for outlines and shading.
Which palette fits your project
Best for
- Stitchers who want one purchase to cover a multi-color design (Sunset Valley Remix)
- Small sunny motifs and bright accent stitching (Fruit Salad)
- Portrait, figure and neutral shading work (Portrait)
- Mixing a dominant palette with one or two accent shades
Not for
- Stitchers who only need one or two specific colors and do not want leftover floss
- Projects that require a color range outside the supplied palette stories
- Buyers who want a single palette to serve every possible design without adding other floss
