Love them both also!

Wow; what an amazing difference. Love the charcoal.

Yes quite a diffrent dramatic result. Can't wait to see the finished quilt.

Wow the charcoal sure changed the look of the quilt.

Pat in MN

I love the dark colors in the background. Doesn't go well with my white English Bull Terrier mix though~~lol

I thought I was the only one who came away from a workshop with my project in hand only to do redo it when I got home. I do love your change.

Same here. I particularly love the arrangement of color strata in the first one.

I liked the white, however the black really makes the colors pop. I have found out if I don't like how something looks, I won't ever finish it.

I like them both. As was said, "Night and Day". Too bad you couldn't have done it both ways and then put them together. Look forward to seeing it after it's quilted. BrendaK

Looks great....