Oh, I have a fabric selection question too...

So I picked out 12 super-cute little florals from the JA red-tag bolts, 25¢ each for 1/8ths--I love them all sooo much! And they all have green in them for the leaves, so when I saw this ticking cotton with a forest-green stripe that was super-soft AND for only $2/yd I snatched it up as well--escaping for less than $10, teehee.

But my question is: can I really get away with using a directional fabric for my background/focus fabric? Or should I save it for backing/binding and try to find more of a blender, like the dots? (Sorry I can't take pics--DH's gone for the weekend and took the camera, waaah! I can try to find a picture online though.... [pads off to look]

TIA, and for the fun sewalong too!