I previously mentioned I had collected beautiful red batiks to make a quilt to celebrate the 40th Anniversary Vermont Quilt Festival –  well I found the background fabric I will use for the quilt.

It is a beautiful modern deep blue fabric – my original plan was to use an off-white fabric but after ‘auditioning’ various fabrics at Yankee Pride Quilt Store last week all of the light colored backgrounds would have had the potential for the red to show through which would have ruined the look of the quilt.  No worries with show-through with this fabric!

Here is a picture of snips of the various reds against that deep blue –

Next step – figure out cutting and method for the quilt – I have a pattern in mind…. will post updates as this project comes together.