bearisgray

When using an assortment of pale neutrals for Background fabrics - do you usually keep them within one color family?

For example, when using prints with an ivory cast to them, a white-white or grayish piece would bother me. I am more comfortable with the prints being quite close to being similar in color and value

How about you?

LTeachergeorge

I personally like the assortment of all different shades of neutrals. It bothered me at first, but the finished effect was much more interesting to me. I know we are all different.

Linda in Missouri

mike'sgirl

I'm like you bearisgray, I especially like to keep whites with whites and ivory with ivory. Mixing it with a different neutral color way would be ok, but it really depends on the pattern.

QuiltnNan

i like the variety as long as there is a lot of variety. if the number is too small, the different colors bothers me too

Lori S

I am with you on keeping white on white together or ivory with ivory, unless there is a sufficient quantity and balance with an assortment of neutrals and I am going for a scrappy look.

Tartan

I like a good mix of shades and tones but hate all white with just a couple of creams thrown in or vice versa. My eyes go directly to the few off colour ones and it drives me CRAZY!

mom-6

I prefer keeping the same category of color tones. I did one with all creams and gray-greens. The greens ranged from light to quite dark.
A white or a lime green or Kelly green would have been very distracting in that quilt.

joe'smom

I'm another who likes to keep to one family of neutrals, rather than mixing them.

ukdame

I made a lap quilt using Moda Modern neutrals , it had greys and creams mixed w/ some colors. My DIL chose them and it lookd very nice. Not really my cup of tea but younger folk like different colors and oatterns .

HouseDragon

What a thought provoking question!

I personally don't like stark white, so I used a tone-on-tone white for the background when I did a LQS BOM.

I think if the quilt is quite scrappy, mixing the neutrals would look just fine.

It all depends on the look and mood you are aiming for. In general, I stick to one neutral colour family in a quilt.

But my idea of what a "neutral" is depends on what the rest of the colours in the quilt are: I'd love to see Mom-6's quilt with the creams and grey-greens.