Originally Posted by joe'smom

Yes, my black will be the same throughout the entire quilt. I had been thinking of using dark greens for the black, and then changed my mind at the last moment and didn't want to try and shop for blacks so close to the clues starting (I don't have much black in my stash). Fortunately I had 3 yards of this one on hand. I like it, too, but am also loving seeing everyone's wide variety of blacks. They are adding a lot of pizzazz to clue #4!

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What a gorgeous red you have there!