Love the pattern! I hate working with pinked edges too--but measure from outside tip when I do use them.

Black would look great but I know what you mean about eyesight. I am working on a quilt top for past year and a half with black sashing and it's brutal on the eyes especially if you have to rippppp the stitches out. I now use a magnifier attachment to my machine. Didn't think I would ever use it but it is a godsend.
As far as the pinking edges I use the mountain peaks as the edge to sew my 1/4 in seam allowance.
I really like the pattern and colors as is.
Good luck!

Saw somewhere, Jenny or Nancy and they said to measure from top of pinking to get the quarter of an inch, so I will take their word for it. Love the quilt and pattern, does it have a name?

I use them all the time and agree that you measure from the point of the pinking.
Never had a problem.

Pinked edges are the reason I don't buy those pre-cut packs. That pinked edge is close to 1/4" deep so if you sew 1/4 from the outside of the pinked edge, you're only getting a few threads caught in your seam at that point. That just doesn't work for me. I know there are a lot of you that LOVE those packs..... I'll stick to my own cutting.