I'm thinking somewhere between 52.5" (7.5" blocks) and 70" (10" blocks). If I try to go with the standard 36"x36" some of the islands would be so small that it'd be too hard to applique and a lot of the detail would get lost. I'm also thinking about getting rid of that right border entirely because I don't know what to fill it up with (besides that nice compass) and it adds to the size of the quilt.
On the game, I almost have all the "unexplored" areas of the map filled in so I can start doing island designs soon (parchment paper on TV screen and tracing the island). Problem is...how do I take that 6.25" area and reduce it down to 1.5"--2"?