All quilts are a labor of love and effort by the quilter. It doesn't matter if you fold over the binding, pillow top it, or bind it with strips. It doesn't matter if you hand quilt it, send it out to a long arm quilter, or free motion quilt it on your own machine. Quilting is a passtime of pleasure, and you should enjoy every minute of it. There is no right or wrong. Tell your Mom in her own "mean" voice that she can just stick it