All: Thanks!! I’m churning my gears on it now with all sorts of possible solutions. I've added a closer look at the panel print issue - it seems fairly square, but one side (of the very center) is 4 and 3/8" and the other is 4 and 5/8". The difference continues on through the surrounding borders.
Feline: Fine idea with either ‘going with the wonk’ and making different point sizes, or trimming on the colored border. Trimming a patterned border makes me hesitate, but I’ll take a closer look.
Bear: I hadn’t thought about wash/dry/starch…the pattern itself is correctly *placed* on the fabric (as in, it’s not really skewed due to being stretched oddly on the bolt) it’s just not a true measurement on each side, I think deliberately done?
Oksewglad: “Coping strips”! Help me cope with my measuring issues, I like the idea!
Rhonda K: Oh my *gosh* I love Donna Jordan – who does not usually work with panels, so I didn’t even think to look in her videos – she knows how to fix everything, doesn’t she? I love her method here…and if not for this quilt, surely for some other purchased panels (why am I a sucker for them?!). I’ve several problematic purchases, ha!
Gay: Thanks for the graphic, I can see using the partial sashing as the seam and getting a better square…
AprilM: You know, just yesterday I momentarily thought about how paper piecing might make it easier. I’ve never paper pieced, but this would surely not be the most difficult project to start!
Tuckyquilter: I *think* I just might know some of those right words!
Murphy224: Thanks, I’ll look at that video tonight!
Onebyone: Yeah, I’m just wondering how large these might end up if I add the border then square them up… I suppose if they are TOO large, I can use them for individual placemats, or for a larger wall quilt?
I truly appreciate all who took a moment to help me ponder. Always some new insights I’d *never* have had!