I've had several quilts like that. A friend asked me to make a quilt for her using strips of fabric sewn together that she wanted to put together using red for sashing. I squared up the strips so that they were equal then tackled the red sashing. Every step of the quilt I recited to myself "red is a neutral", which was a quote from a quilter I saw on Simply Quilts - every room in her home was done in "crayon" colors. Well, my son and husband thought the quilt was great, as did my friend, so in the end it came out quite nice and she loved it.