I finally have this loaded up.

I marked the border with a cable and decided to do this in the strips.

I’m really happy with the strips. I’m not so sure about the cables. I’m not sure I can do them well.

A messy cable would be worse than no cable at all. So I’m at a standstill until I can figure out what to do here. I really like this little bit, so I want to get it right.
Have a great day!
I don’t have a long arm. When I want to do cables in the border I use a light back and mark the cable on the backing. And quilt from the back. None of which would work on a long arm. But I feel your pain in trying to follow a marked cable on a print. The one time I had a print on part of the border in the back, I marked with a sharpie assuming no one would ever look at the back.
Really great quilting and pretty colors in the quilt. I enjoy your posts.