Well, I went to tie it, I even strung the entire thing. Stepped back and I just didn't like it. So I left in the ties as basting and removed them as I machined quilted it. I'm not a great machine quilter but it looks a lot nicer this way. I just finished sewing the binding on. 11:15 pm
Tomorrow I will hand-stitch the binding (my favorite part) and tuck all the ends from the machine quilting in and then I plan to take it to her tomorrow afternoon. Boy, does my back hurt! :)