Making progress...

...but not without the seam ripper:

first time ripping

 second time ripping

 third time ripping

 And here it is, to the best of my ability without going totally perfectionistic...and it only took 70 minutes!

It is straight enough for me (unless it looks awfully crooked with the borders). I have just a little more than three hours before leap day is over.... can I do it?

Stay tuned...