DMC 3347 to Sullivans: Thread Conversion

Sullivans 45344 is a close alternative in the medium yellow-green range. This is one of the thread families where the recommendation to stock up on DMC and stick with it is most strongly supported: yellow-greens are unusually sensitive to brand variation, and the close-match rating covers a wider range of actual color difference than it does in most other families. A substitute that shifts even slightly toward yellow reads as spring-bright and fresh; one that shifts slightly toward neutral green reads as more mature and less vivid — and at the mid-value position, where DMC 3347 covers the main sunlit foliage body, any such shift is visible across the widest section of the design. Verify that Sullivans 45344 reads as genuinely warm and yellow-influenced rather than as a generic mid-green before committing it to any large fill area. Sullivans' different thread construction may affect coverage consistency in large flat fills at this mid-value — test two strands on your project fabric to confirm even, opaque coverage. If the specific warm spring-leaf quality of DMC 3347 is defining your design palette, maintaining the DMC original throughout the full hunter green gradient is the most reliable approach. If Sullivans is your only accessible option, sourcing Sullivans equivalents for the complete gradient family (45342 through 45344) and testing them together will produce more coherent results than mixing Sullivans 45344 with DMC originals at adjacent gradient steps.