@ Lori - Yes that is my design, and yes you can use it. It sort of evolved. I had all of my hst's in a big square, planning to use the big red border with the narrow ivory strip, but it just wasn't enough for me. I fussed over this for a couple of weeks, knowing that the path I ultimately chose would involve cutting the corners off my big square. Scary. I actually made a paper mock-up of the thing, before I spread it out on my cutting table and picked up my rotary cutter. End result pleased me, so I guess it was the right thing to do.
a beautiful quilt & hope your red border wasn't as much a nusiance as mine was for bleeding! 
