That is one beautifil quilt, no wonder you were sad to see it go. When I was a kid one of my dad's friends brought his girlfriend to our house. We had a quilt on the frame and were all working on it. She wanted to join in so mom gave her a needle and thimble. When she was ready to leave she made a comment about how hard it had been to keep the needle from going all the way through the quilt. She had worked for a couple of hours hand quilting just the top and batting without including the back.