For my next quilt, I’m planning to another Friedlander design from her book, Savor Each Stitch.  I’d like to do the Lattice quilt.  Here are a few examples . . .

Made by Carolyn Friedlander herself below.  Note the large scale pattern in the background.  She discusses this quilt more in her book.

And one more version:

Anyway, I was thinking of making it with this fabric in the background: (Fabric 1)

And this fabric in the foreground (ie as the lattice): (Fabric 2)

Now I’m afraid the background fabric (Fabric 1) is too dark and will clash too much with the foreground fabric (Fabric 2).  Originally, i was going to use this fabric (below) for the background, and now I’m second-guessing myself: (Fabric 3)

Perhaps I should use that instead?  I wish it were more gray rather than brownish.  Still, I love the idea of all the faces (from Fabric 1) looking out through the lattice.  But you still have faces in the second fabric, and perhaps the lighter look goes better with the brightly colored lattice fabric.  Thoughts?

Just to complicate matters, I had intended to use this fabric for the back, and I really like the way it goes with Fabric 1, so I wonder if I could use it for the lattice: (Fabric 4)

The lattice is too thin to show the pattern, but maybe that doesn’t matter?

Overall, I’m leaning towards sticking with the original plan, with Fabric 1 in back and Fabric 2 as the lattice, but I’m torn.  I’m just not sure if it’s too dark and too bright and just overall too much.  It’s intended for a child, so it’s not meant to be subtle or sophisticated, but it should be cute.