It is good to see your progress IceBlossom and that you and Joe's mom are closing in on this very labor intensive mystery. I am anxious to see both of them.
I finished the 2nd half size of the mystery and was able to use some of the border units that I had made. I sewed the mini FG together to form some wonky square in a square units, had to incorporate a substitute brown for the border and will still have lots of extra pieces that can go into my orphan box. It seems like I should have an additional border ...your thoughts?