Welcome to scrappy quilting!!!!Some of the prettiest quilts I've made are scrappy. I usually do my background in one color....when I see light tone on tones on sale I'll get at least 3 yards for a good size top, I have also used my light tone on tone stash for the background, but my preference is one fabric for the background. I love Bonnie Hunter's website. She is awesome, have taken one of her classes and have all her books.