I like #1 the best. It looks more softer then the white one. I really like your blocks, great colors. HUGS

I like the first one. Blends in nicer with the colors. The second color makes it a cold quilt

Wow so many people with different ideas that I agree with! I like the first one but I am always afraid to use white because Murphy's Law, meaning the white shows everything! The first one seems warmer and yet the white one is so stark that the other colors pop out. I hope you take a photo to post when your done.

My vote would be for #1 as well.

I like #2--normally I don't like cool colors, but for some reason love this combination.

Tradewinds in on my bucket list. I agree that they are both pretty, but I have to go with cream background, it does make it softer and warmer. Love your choice of colors..they are great!

#2 gives the block much more pop. The contrast is greater and really showcases the other batiks.

#1 - the yellow

For sure it would be number 1, thewhite one looks like a "cop"out.
Pat

My vote is for #1. I like the warmth of the cream background. But I suppose it would depend on where it is going.

I like them both. (I know, I,m no help at all.)

Both are so pretty! I like colors that pop, and the second one really does that.

How greenish is the pale yellow? That would be my choice if you don't have a pale green.

#1 caught my eye.

IMHO # 2 has the WOW factor for me. The colors seem more vivid and alive on the cool blue.

The yellow is nice and will also work but IMHO looks flat and pridictabley safe.

This will be wonderful either way but in different ways. Keep us posted with progress!
peace

I vote #1 it blends with the other fabrics.

I like no. 1

I agree!!!!!!!!!!

I agree: # 1. It's warmer. Fabric #2 is cooler and less ....welcoming, somehow.

Number 2 for me. Seems that you have touches of blue throughout and this background picks it up.

I like the first one, it is more subtle...very complimentary together.

I like them both but #1 is more soothing.

I really liked #1 and expected it to be my choice - until like Suzette, I saw #2. Either will be beautiful go with your gut and which looks more pleasing to you.

Oh go for the first one. It's very smashing.

Definitely #1 will look fantastic !

That's what I was going to say. :)

I just want to add an aside that surfaced through this thread. It seems that matching colors has become a very
important part of the creativity in quilting.

Now how many people out there are affraid of picking fabrics?
How many of you picked the yellow background?

When I looked at this very nice quilt the first thing that absorbed me was the feeling of the quilt, not the color.

The yellow feels warm and safe and cozy.

The blue feels like a spring breeze and kites and fresh air.

I think we should try once and a while to feel rather than look at quilts. It makes a huge difference in what we want to accomplish.

I think alot of the language we use comes from fabric shops and advertisements which wants us to 'match' everything and it stifles our creativity and our confidence in our own views and choices.

Just wanted to speak to what I noticed in this thread. I love your quilt and am anxious to see it completed.
peace

I like #1 best!

No. 1 is the one.