Thanks, ladies, for the kind words.
It turns out I wasted my time taking the border off in one piece. There is no nice way to put it back on as is, so I spent the last hour with my seam ripper, and now have border pieces ready to sew on....again. But I am very pleased with this fix, and it was worth the 3 extra days it is adding to the quilt.
I am a happy camper. (I am also happy that I bought a new sharp seam ripper a week ago.
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Dina