well it looks like this is on hold for a while because I had to do a re-do of the whole quilt. Seems that the Vikings team colors and the Green Bay team colors are both evident in this one and since this is suppose to be a total Viking quilt I have had to do some changes.
You can see the changes here on page 4
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-162343-4.htm#4526824
I will still do this border because I really like it but now I have some more time to play with it and work through all the ways to do it. I'm going to do a miniature (about 2 -3 feet long) border first and see how that works before tackling the long one.
Thanks to everyone for all the useful information at least now I feel that I have a good chance at getting it done.