How appropriate to find this thread this morning! I have just started a new quilt using batiks and requiring a cream fabric for the background. Well after playing around with my batik strips and goodness knows how many different cream scraps I had lying around I have decided to go instead with a chocolate background to really make the batiks pop out more. I was feeling very brave making my decision.....but just a wee bit nervous now that I have cut it all out! I hope it comes together as I envisaged!!!