9 borders? Yikes...I'll be anxious to see this gorilla. Lol! And, your precious GGS is so worth the angst. He is already admiring it. Just love that story......as to maneuvering this bad boy, I would do all the borders on each side at a time and use a design that incorporates multiple borders for design. I did this on a quilt of mine and it looked great but it was not anywhere near 9 borders...