I am leaning toward keeping the panel as "whole" as possible. Either with various borders, or fractured. I even thought of making it with borders, but in the corners making HST's and turning it into a giant shoofly/monkey wrench block. Another option would be to "strip" it in various widths alternating with homespuns/solids and then adding borders.
I will keep mulling it over for a couple of days. Hmmm??? Decisions, decisions.
Feel free to give more ideas.