Becca,
Your quilt is beautiful! I understand you not wanting to keep the points. It is going to be a lot of sewing and clipping. I like the facing idea and have watched the You Tube video on how to apply facing to quilt tops with scallops.
I plan on hand quilting the top. I was wondering if I should have it machine basted 5" apart and whether this would benefit me in hand quilting. Any thoughts?