I love a challenge and always look forward to the president's annual challenge in my quilt guild. It's a great opportunity to try new techniques (like my 2009 challenge quilt when I added Indian shisha mirrors and my husband's reaction was "really?"). As usual, this year's challenge started with the given fabric, to which my first reaction is always "yuck". She gave us a kind flimsy red fabric with black swirls and a black and white mottled fabric. We were told we could add 2 more fabrics, but unfortunately I missed the caveat that one had to be a primary color. So as the week passed by, I went out and bought various red, white and black fabrics and thought up numerous designs. When I finally sat down to work on my quilt, I reread the challenge instructions and noticed the primary color stipulation. That changed everything! What primary color will look good with red, white and black? After a little research ...