Quilts from a non-quilter

If you are a quilter, do not scrutinize these photos...please! If you are not a quilter you are free to ooohh and aaahh ! (Anyone else think of those monkeys on Playhouse Disney when you hear oooh and aaahh ?) Guess you have to have little ones around. I started these quilts/ bedspreads for the boys and have been fitting in a little time here and there to work on them. I am not a quilter and I am sure that I am probably breaking every rule and have been just putting them together in my mind as I go. In my mind they are way closer to finished than they actually are. This pieced border is going to be 12" wide and then I want to put another solid border around that, maybe red, and then another narrow pieced border and then finish it to the size needed with sashing . If any of you quilters have suggestions, I am completely open to any thoughts on them, PLEASE! It has been a hectic week again at our house: My daughter's father in law was in a very serious accident on...