Jane Quilter ...???? I'm not sure what you mean when you say, "Bonnie Hunter in Quiltville calls these "lights", not neutrals". In the link given for BH's Scrappy Sister's Choice article, BH writes she is using neutrals.
The bright quilt with pink stars looks so different from the quilt with the green stars! This star pattern is the pattern I'm planning to sew using the 9Patch blocks! I didn't realize that was the name of the pattern-- which is now fun to know! I really like the scrappy neutral background too. I'll have to think about that setting.