Backing color help please
#12
I think I would use a batik also. My first choice would be something like the coral/orange color, and second choice would be one of the watery blues or greens. If you use the orange, I would bind in the ruddy Crimson color near the top right block.
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I choose backings a little differently. I first ask myself if I want the quilting threads to show on the backside or if I want just the texture of the quilting to show more than the threads. So I consider what color thread I'm going to be quilting with before I choose the backing. Just my thoughts, but I would probably pick a peachy color solid or marble backing and binding; a peachy/coral color thread to quilt the sashings and coral/peachy blocks; change to a medium pink/fusha thread for some of the blocks, a medium green thread for some of the blocks; a medium navy blue for the remaining blocks. Or if I were quilting an edge to edge pattern I might choose a dark burnt orange thread top and bottom. Just my thoughts.
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I wonder if the batiks would be stiff and, since it's backing, do you want to go to that expense? I would probably look for something such as what you have used for the sashing. Someone else has suggested a marble and I like that idea but staying within the same color as the sashing. Will this have borders? This is a beautiful quilt!
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Certainly any of the block colors from the front would be nice. I, like Tartan, would coordinate the binding with the backing. I would also consider what you plan to do for the quilting because it is going to dominate on the back if you use a solid or near solid whether it is batik or other fabric. It will offer opportunity for really beautiful quilting.
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