I've posted on this quilt top before. It's been a trial. I work on it and put it away, then get it out again. Like I said, I bought it in an estate sale in pieces. (1st and 2nd photo) I took apart the extra pieces into strips, so that I could attach those pieces to the main part. I had some fabric in my stash (also from estate sales) that would blend well enough to add a couple of extra strips.
I plan to add solid borders. I'm also going to audition a border of 1/2 size rectangles alternated with white with a white strip on both sides. If I don't do that, I will try a border of white with white eyelet lace on it. Otherwise, I'm doing red, white and blue borders, not necessarily in that order. (This quilt just screams white eyelet to me, but then it becomes totally feminine.)
I think it needs about a foot removed from the top or bottom or a combination thereof.
It's also not square, so I have to figure that out, too.
bkay