LAF, that quilt is stunning! I like the color combination too.
Thank you for the sashing color thoughts all. I no longer have any objectivity with projects after staring at them too long, really helps to have others' eyes.
WMUTeach, thank you for that advice! -- you are so right. Darn, I do know about using the black and white on my phone to check for contrast and for some reason didn't think of doing that with this project and would have really helped. Even just seeing it in thumbnails as I posted it here makes it more obvious there's no contrast lines. Yours is so striking with the fall colors and the white sashing. I will do the sashing on mine but I don't think that will totally save it -- oh well it was a live-and-learn project.