Originally Posted by
germanquilter
I am not sure if you have batiks in your stash, but I would pair each pale batik with its matching dark sibling and make a two fabric block like Magic Squares...so pale purple with dark purple, pale blue with navy blue etc.
I have done this with batiks - I used the dark siblings for each pale - it really turns out nice. The colors really complimented each other. Try placing some darks in with your pales to see if you like the way they work together. Let us see what you come up with....