The more I look at it the more I like it,..I would just machine sew the binding, wash and use..when I look at my first quilts I can see all of the little things that I did wrong...I gave them as gifts...I have had to repair a few. Bindings...yuk....anyways noone complained even though they may not have thought they were that great...I thought they were until I made more...LOL...I think its awesome that she made your child a quilt. My boys have even asked me to make a few more for them...it has help encouraged me and do more. I have improved so much over the last few months...My first quilt I made or any sewing was in Sept. I have my first one hanging on my wall...I need to make a new one...that one was awesome when I first made it but now looks like a child made it...