Thank you for asking. This is exactly where I am at. I wanted variegated, but couldn't get it in my color. I'm going to use the light rust in the colors, cream in the cream and try to leave the rust on the bobbin. If it shows, I'll change it. If the flowers I plan for the cream areas come out decent, I will go over them in rust. Dreamer!
In your case, I'd use variegated blue all over.