I need help deciding.....muslin or color

Whenever i get an hour or so.... and remember....i am trying to work on my Dear Jane blocks. it doesn't look like i will get my 25 blocks done for June....but i have a few.

This is A7. it is all appliqued.

This is A10....it is appliqued, also. still has pencil marks on it...but they will wash out. it looks smaller but is the same 5" as the rest. some of these seem to be sort of optical illusions...depending on the size of the pieces and how they are set. interesting.

B4....this one is paper pieced... quite easy

This is B5....the block was paper pieced and then the tiny diamonds appliqued on top of it.

D6...very simple. i actually reversed the coloring on this one. i didn't like it the other way.

D12...a simple paper pieced block with applique arrow shapes on top.

I1...another simple paper piecing...just tiny pieces.

This is I4...paper piecing once again. the middle piece is appliqued on top.

This is another of the border pieces....in blue....top row, second from left.  

This is the two border pieces that i have put together. i find it strange that she pieced the border pieces that point to the outside of the quilt but just used plain fabric for the pieces pointing to the INSIDE of the quilt.

Now i'm thinking.....should i use pieces of muslin instead of the plain fabrics....where the pink piece is?  i think i would like the muslin better......it would match the background of the blocks.

What do you think?
Would you use the muslin in place of the pink or different colored fabrics for each triangle....like Jane did?

Have you done a Dear Jane quilt?  have a picture you want to share?

I survived the city...LOL

I did a quick turn-around and came back home today.

Went to JoAnn's and looked for the blue/green fabrics and couldn't find them on the walls with the separated colors....i was sure that was where i found them. then i started up and down the aisles and lo and behold...there they were. so i snatched them up.

I really wanted 3 more cream/beige pieces. they did not have any of what i started out with. but i did find a great polka dot that was the opposite coloration of the one i had. and i found 1 more piece that would work.

So i made a side trip to Jackman's fabrics and found 2 more neutrals that would work, also. so now i am good to go.

I had a 40% off coupon at JoAnn's so i found a bolt of muslin that i use for backings. i was almost out of that...so it was a good buy. in their flyer they had packaged batting on sale for 50% off...but it didn't start until sunday. so i went back by there this morning on the way home and picked up some packages....savings showed $98 on my receipt. woohoo!!

So now i am all stocked up for awhile and will be putting the pedal to the medal on the sewing machine.

On the way home i stopped at the grocery store and picked up a couple boneless pork roasts and had the butcher grind them up for me. much quicker than dragging out my grinder for 2 packages of meat. i bought some Chorizo seasoning a couple weeks ago and am going to mix it up and give it a try for breakfast tomorrow. i sure hope it is good. it is from www.fiestaspices.com   we get our pinto bean seasoning from them, too. in case you don't know..Chorizo is mexican sausage. we had a butcher in our little town grocery store that made this sausage when i was a kid and it was so good. Chorizo is good with scrambled eggs.

Gotta go mix up some sausage and do a bit of piecing. then back to the studio tomorrow.

Stay dry and warm.