I'm with Prism on this matter--not a fan of variegated just cause you can't really control where the light/dark lands plus you sometimes get weird, unintended design elements due to thread. I'd also vote for a "neutral" color in a BottomLine wt.---I have a "silver" and another that is like an "old gold" that work great with most stuff. Also a lighter lavendar is a thought too. Sometimes I'm surprised at what color really looks great in these situations--I had a customer quilt that used cobalt blue & purple batiks--and have "auditioning" several threads we both decided that the violet would be best--and there was basically no violet fabric in the quilt! Awesome block and fabrics, BTW