Black and white quilts are extremely attractive. There's one in the November 2008 edition of Quilters Newsletter that is bow ties in a grid on point with a checkerboard background and wide border with applique bits and bowtie blocks at corners and centers. The challenge was to make the quilt 85% neutral with 15% color. There is a narrow red sashing in the center portion, and some of the color bits in the border are also red. There's a lot you can do with just black and white!