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#21
I decide whether I want the colored pieces to stand out or whether I want the background to blend in with them. For a modern quilt with strong color and spare pieces I use a solid white. For a quilt where I want the feeling to be more traditional, I use a white on white muslin with perhaps little flowers or stars.
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I love the look of the white on white prints. On my Mini Pinwheels quilt (picture posted sometime back) I used a several different white on white fabrics for the background, but the borders were done in one fabric.
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white on white
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I like Kona Snow or the Moda Bella equivalent, or light gray. The other background I like is a batik neutral tone on tone print rather than the white on whites to give a bit of depth to the quilt. It really depends on the tone of the fabrics I'm using and I can't say I've made a lot of scrappy quilts yet.
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I use both. Some patterns I feel look better with white and others with white on white. If I am piecing blocks I use white on white but if I am using it as a background for applique I like solid white.
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