Thanks everyone! I made a couple of moves. If this was going to be my quilt I would have left the purple strip. Purple is my favorite color and I like that my eye was drawn to it. It is weird how the whole quilt can be red, but my eye only sees the purple.
I really hope this turns out looking red and not pink. It occurs to me that people who like red must HAVE to like pink, but that doesn't make any sense :shock:
I am off to sew, sew, sew. Later I have to go the Hershey Chocolate World, which might be really fun if I could eat chocolate.
I should have something more to post tonight - I can't wait, I really, really hope it looks like want I want.
Thanks again for all the help and support.