Swimming in Orientals

I hadn't planned to have a design wall Monday post today since I didn't have anything of note to show...but then I got a good hour of sewing in while Jack crashed on the couch and finished a back for one of Lois' UFOs. If you haven't heard of Lois before, she is the quilting friend who passed away unexpectedly at the end of 2009 and left me her stash, complete with 56 UFOs. With the help of my bee, we got through lots of them last year, but we have been moving a little slower this year since we finished three big ones for nieces and nephew.  Earlier this year, Kathy, who I quilted the girl scout quilt for over the weekend, put the borders on this one, so all it needed was a back. 

Lois was always one for scrappy backs and she had two full rolling cart drawers full of Oriental FQs and quarter yards. I decided a scrappy Oriental back would be perfect for this quilt. As the mood struck me, I pulled fabric and pieced it together. I decided last night that this would be a good back to finish this month since I have challenged myself to use my Janome for only quilting, binding, and piecing backs this month (no new blocks!). With a couple hours work, I got it all put together. The middle has quarter yard pieces with half yards on the ends and the sides are FQs. 

I even have a friend who said she'd be willing to quilt this one, let's hope the offer is still good :) The question I have for all of you is whether I can use a black batting with this. A couple of the stars and the inner border are lighter in color, so I am not sure if the batting would really show through or not. If you have an opinion or some experience, please let me know! Lois had lots and lots of black batts, and so far, I have only been able to use part of one, so I'd love to be able to use another one on this quilt if it will work without showing through.