I finally got all of my string blocks de-papered, and began piecing them together. I’ve got three of them attached to the quilt now, with one to go. Once that’s done, I need to stay-stitch around the quilt to stabilize all of those bias edges. I think this is going to look just the way I’d imagined it would. Stay tuned!
String pieced border

And that orange really sings! Great idea!!
Thank you! I am really pleased with how it turned out.