Need help to decide. Which of the two do you like or is there something you would change to make one or the other better...I haven't decided if I will add the lettering or not...will decide that when I finish making it..This is just in the design stage...Want to have it complete before we leave for Hawaii for a month in January as we will be there still on Valentine day....so want to give this to my partner

I like the first one. The muted tones work well behind the Love you! Looks like fun!

I like the first one.

I like the first one best.

I like the higher contrast of the second.

It is only my opinion but I think the first one makes the "I Love You" pop more. In the 2nd pic, the white pops most. Anxious to see which you choose. It is your quilt & you know the person you are making it for.

First one.

In the first one you can see the I love you but in the second one all you see is the white squares.

I like the all blue pallet in the first. Maybe you can make the words in blue, too, and make them kind of peek out? Just a thought- it would be a little more subtle.

I really like the first one too. Great design :D:D:D

I vote for the first one.

I like the first one.

I like the 1st one too. The white is nice but it interfers with the lettering. Nice colors!

I like the first one also

The 1st one is easier to see the "I love you"...good luck! :D

First one. :D

The first one with the gray, definitely. It will be beautiful!

#1 does it for me. It's softer.

Great design.. I like them both but prefer the first one..

DITTO!

Kyia

I like the second one best. Not sure I would put the "Love You" message on it, though, as it just looks funny to me. Having said that, I am 'color challenged' and have double vision, so I probably don't see either configuration the way anyone else sees them!

no 1

First one.

Definitely the first one

I think the first one shows the letter many times better....

First one

The first one has my vote

Both look great but I prefer the first one. It shows up the 'LOVE YOU' better.

first one but both are nice

I like the 1st one!

I like the first one because the letters stand out against the background. The white behind the letters in the second one takes away from the letters and the message.

BTW, the U in YOU needs to be upper case to go along with all the others --- sorry, just the English teacher in me coming out. ;)

The words show up better on the first one.

I also like the first one.

No words. Make a nice label for the back.

i like the first one, but would probably go with the suggestion above and change the words to a blue that would make it more subtle, or i would leave them off, i think the heart is beautiful and speaks for itself...the red lettering just takes away from the whole picture...
just my opinion.

Ditto! The white is too stark for me and seems to distract from the wording.

I'm with the majority - I like the first one best.

Both are nice, but I personally like the first one best. On the second one, the letters & the heart seem to be garbled up with each other, so neither the heart nor the letters stand out.

The first one your eye knows what to look at; the second one your eye keeps moving around & doesn't land anywhere, thinking what am I supposed to focus on.

I thought I liked another poster's idea of leaving the letters off, and putting them on the label on the back.

But, on the other hand, the letters on the first one make me smile and think, "Aw...isn't that sweet!" Without the letters, I would think "Oh, that's a nice quilt, but it needs something else to make it pop."

It will be fun to see what you decide to do!

Number one gets my vote. On number 2, the white is too stark a contrast. The words get jumbled in the second one,with the white competing for attention. I do like the border on number 2. I think the darker border sets it off.

I like the first one too.