I ended up feeling the same way with my first "race" quilt. I sat on it for awhile, then ended up chopping it up on the bias in an irregular sort of way and making squares that I inset with solid sashing & borders. Ended up a totally different quilt but I liked it! (The seams deliberately don't line up within the squares, I cut them "off kilter" on purpose...not sure I'd do that part the same way again but I had fun with it at the time. This was one of my first quilts so I was just playing with no plans at that point.)
This isn't the best picture of it, but sort of gives you the idea of what I ended up with. The cornerstones and pieced border are coordinating fabrics I found and added in; not from the original race quilt. And look how ruffly all my borders and sashes are! I think I do better now, LOL.
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