Understand where you are coming from, if you are a quilter who wants to control all aspects of a quilt, then you will never be happy with a kit.
even the most expensive ones will never live up to the heirloom quality quidelines that you use with each quilt.
This is your way of quilting and it makes you happy so stick with it!
I never cut my borders to size always cut larger, sew then trim. this way no stretching and it doesn't matter if with the gran or not!