Rachel "Ivy" Clarke

So I laid out all the blocks accordin to Oh, Fransson's layout. I did switch around some blocks, trading what was formerly my "2" fabric for my "5" fabric and it looks much more balanced now:

Oh, Fransson has you save the remaining 6 blocks not used in the layout to place on the back of the quilt. I liked this idea until a few days ago, when all of a sudden I noticed that blocks on the back were cut off on the sides (to make 6 blocks fit across the space of 5) and I didn't really like the effect. Okay, that's not true: I did like the effect, I just didn't really want to cut my blocks. I'm sentimental or something.

So I've been denating other options, and one is to make another row of 5 blocks on the front, and just place the single remaining block on the back. I like this idea because it makes the quilt larger and therefore more practical to me.

The only problem is that I'd probably need new sashing, since I already cut the grey in anticipation of the smaller size. But I'm not all that bothered by that, since I'm still not entirely sold on the grey:

It's okay, but I don't LOVE it. As I laid out the blocks, I was once again drawn toward using a really stark white, so I tried to see what it would look like and I almost like it better (the fabric in the photo is actually slightly off-white, but it's all I had):

The third option would be to search high and low for a very, very, VERY pale yellow, which might just involve a lot more work than I really want to do.

Any thoughts? I'd like to make a decision soon so I can get back to work (and pick all these blocks up off my floor...)