I had to take the quilting out on my "quilt from hell".....it's a pain, but if you don't like how it's done, then DO it! The one point I want to make....if you have the binding on, and no extra backing around the edges, it'll be impossible for a longarm to do the quilting -- unless maybe you ADD a 5 inch border on the backing to be taken off later. If you hand quilt it -- you'll be doubly proud of what you've made.