Just an update. I'm contemplating all of the ideas I have received, but I had a terrible set back. When I layed out the quilt top and had it over 3/4 of the way quilted creating a huge blister on my pointer finger, I realized that I had some of the blocks in the wrong direction and the diagonal stripes weren't quite diagonal! :(
So, I had my DH look at the quilt without telling him what was wrong to see how noticable it was. Poor man. He was asking what I really wanted to hear...LOL!
So, I spent my spare time, removing seams and re-stitching things back together. I'm almost to the point where the last seam is complete (then ran out of bobbin and time). So, I expect to finish the last seam today and then start pinning the part of the sandwich that I had to take apart back together.
Although I would have loved to remain blissfully ignorant to the mistake, if I saw it after it was quilted, I would have been worse.
Thank you for the support. When I get it back together and laid out, I'll contemplate the ideas and determine a) what I am capable of doing because I am a beginner and b) the amount of time I expect each option to take.