Love your color choices and blocks! Especially the black corners.
I am wondering if you could put a thin strip around the star block to make up the difference, either in the white, or one of the colors. OR if you re-stitched inside the border blocks seams, the gold and white blocks, just a thread inside on each block, if that would not "shrink" the strip some. (Not everyone's 1/4" mark is the same when sewing blocks. So, if you make your blocks with an oversized 1/4" seam, the block would come out smaller, so wouldn't it work if you WANTED to shrink it a little? At least, that is my thinking theory.) You only need to shrink it a little. Just a fraction in each block adds up.
Good luck. It is going to look great, whatever you do. You have a wonderful start.
Last edited by yngldy; 10-31-2017 at 09:28 AM.