Originally Posted by
juliasb
Of course stripes will work! Be creative! You can break up the stripes by adding a coordinating solid color between the pieces when sewing them together. Keep in mind that you have control over your quilt. Your design and your creation, There are no rights or wrongs.
This was my thought as well. If you join the stripes to a solid rather than to another piece of the stripes, you don't need to match anything, and the solid adds a design element.