Okay, thanks everyone! Think I will take a run to Walmart tonight and see if they have the light tan. I have enough of the fabric to try a run in the washing machine with a fat quarter to see how it turns out. What I want is something very, very pale -- just to take the edge off the super white background. A bit of work, but worth it if it turns out the way I want.
Edit: Oh, and the title of my thread should have been "dyed", not "died". I make more typos as I get older....