Oh Janet, that more than works!!!

I mix them in scrap quilts.

Hinterland,
Your quilt is beautiful! :)

Wow...that red, white and cream is gorgeous...Beautiful quilting...

Thanks, everyone! I didn't mean to hijack the thread, though. But yes, it can work very nicely, particularly if the quilt is scrappy to begin with.

I would absolutely mix them...

I mix them in scrap quilts all the time. And, depending on the project, I don't stick to tone-on-tone. I will mix in prints, as well, as long as they aren't too strong.

I have found that mixing white-white with creamy-white can give that extra zing to a quilt.

use as many whites/creams as you can. gives the quilt much more character.

I know it as "muckled up" backgrounds (old Mary Ellen Hopkins talk) and feel just about any quilt is more interesting with it.

In your case it reeeeeealy works!

Jan in VA