A little more info on this quilt. I thought (!) I had figured out all the measurements to have all the HST's come together in one piece. Lo and behold - they DID NOT! Then I had to figure out what size to make the inner border. I didn't have the books then that I do now to help me with that, and I was scared to death that I couldn't do it. But I did! I did!
Now I like the way those borders contain the craziness that I was going through. See how calm I look in the outer borders? Not really - I'm still crazy. But the swirls are gone. By the way - this was made back in 1996. I'm over it! And happy. Thank you all for your nice thoughts.