I just love your choice too. Easiest which is what you wanted too. At bottom of pick it said --found on allquilts.com.
Did you look there for the pattern ---I am going to in a bit but no time right now. Will also check out Modern Thinking that bneuen suggested.

You could always use Jenny Doan's - Missouri Star Quilting - Big Star Block, it is very elegant. Making it 4 blocks wide and 4 blocks long would do it. I have made a couple of table cloths, that are very elegant.

Made 'Wickedly Easy' quilt in neutrals. It was beautiful, fast and so easy.

I agree with the rail fence. You can make larger rails and even vary the blocks. The neutral color base will provide the elegant look to the simple pattern.

I just typed in neutrals quilts on Pinterest and got lots and lots of hits. Hope you find what you're looking for.

I'm finding tooo many!! I have auditioned the 17" squares on point w/ ivory strips between and the fabrics are all so close in color that it has no impact/interest. Decided to look at the rail patterns and found one that would use just 3 fabrics w/ a wider center strip of the ivory in the middle, medium on sides and small strips at each end...creates a kind of basket-weave effect done that way. but that will require finding 2 fabrics that can stand on their own w/ the white without getting lost and being too much color either. thinking a batik and a small print with the white on that one. I did look for fresh vanilla on allpeoplequilt.com and could not find the free pattern but now that i've seen the whole quilt, it'd be easy enough to duplicate w/out a pattern. Will be shopping for fabrics tomorrow and decided to stick with just 3-4 fabrics and make all blocks the same. I made wickedly easy as a gift for my SIL and that was fun but it was definitely not subdued..tho i know it could be. I really appreciate all the suggestions and help on this!

I think this quilt would be very elegant (and easy) in neutrals:

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=JN.Bhf...d=1.9&rs=0&p=0

It's called Peaches & Dreams by Judy Laquidara. Here's the link:

http://www.patchworktimes.com/patterns/peaches-dreams/

I also think Bento Box would be beautiful in neutrals.

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=JN.PqZb...&cb=10&pid=1.1

The pattern is readily available online.

Big Chevrons!

G'ma Kay, I think I'll go w/ the big chevrons! now its a bit modern for me but will go so fast and be so easy to deal with. This room is kind of shabby chic/french country so the fabric choice is critical to not look toooo modern. I want to keep a shabby essence w/ the chevrons but the style of it will give the room a more youthful look too? if i do a row of scrappy chevrons and then toss in a row of eyelet and another row of straight print..as well as a solid. not so easy to make a big chevron have a romantic look but that's what i'm going for here!! Hopefully it'll be a nice mix of old and new. I'm excited now to get started and thank you all so much!

And Sewing With Nancy has the directions free on her web site, big block is 12.5 with strips total is 18".