Sitting Seaside

So I had ordered enough fabric (Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Black and Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Flax) for the sashing for Brian's quilt, not sure which one I had wanted to use. I decided to go with the black because Flax was much too light for what I wanted. Problem was...now I had 2 1/2 yards of Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Flax. What in the world am I gonna do with this?! Enter Seaside. I had bought a charm pack of Riley Blake Designs October Afternoon's Seaside last year while at Jenni's, planning on doing something like this with it. I had quickly sewed it up and then let it sit. And sit. And sit. Now I happen to excel at letting things sit. I let the laundry (clean) sit, the dishes (dirty) sit, my (big) booty sit, my fabric (beautiful and untouched by scissors) sit. I'm a pro. But when I realized that this extra linen fabric might compliment that tiny patchwork I had sewn up, I put the two together on a date. What do you think? Too washed out? My 'plan' is to echo a border of seaside about 4-6" away, then have the rest just negative space. I may or may not use a scrappy binding of seaside. Or I might just use one of the yellow or red prints. So there will be a total of three pops of color. The main, the border, the binding. Now I've just got to do it. No more sitting....