Yep, I'm going to go with the purple when I put it together. Its currently been relegated to the Realm of UFOs...lol

Hi Pyffer3,
I have been making similar blocks. Ended up with enough "new material" for a few different projects. One quilt has 90 of the scrap blocks--sashed with a medium purple in a 1 inch finished strip. Went with purple because that is my favorite color. Another quilt has huge sections of the scrappy material--made three rows, each row finishes to 36 by 72, half the row is scrappy and the other half is made up of six four patches made from 6 inch finished blocks. The last project is going to be a lap quilt, using 42 blocks just sewn together with a 1 inch and a 2 inch finished borders--one set of borders is light blue and dark blue and another lap quilt will have a small dot and a red border. Love to see pictures when you finish!
Good luck!

If you really want to go scrappy you might frame each block in a different color and then sew them together.

Yellow with red cornerstones....or even scrappy cornerstones!

What is wrong with the color it is laying on? I think that looks good. Second choice is whatever color scheme you are wanting to match with it.

Nobody has suggested just piecing the blocks together. They would look like the quilt I had on my bed when I was a little kid. Just plain old time crazy.

Using black would give the effect of brilliant stained glass with the sun shining through it. Whatever you choose, your quilt will be a joy to look at.

I know you said you want to avoid black, but I think black would really make you blocks pop. Separate each block with a 2-inch strip, put a 2-inch black border, then add a wider 4-inch border in a different color.

Red first choice, then a blue of some shade, like a dark turquoise. Very pretty blocks, good job.

Where are you going to be using it? Cheddar is a great neutral and I love those dark browned reds - that would be a calming influence I think. Gosh I love crumb/string blocks. Also eggplant is a great neutral for this also.