Good for you Jillaine! I found the same feelings as you about making this quilt. However, I also concluded that Jane was...well....INSANE! LOL! All through the quilt as I whined about not being happy with my results of something not right, my DH would remind me that Jane made it....by hand....and she didn't even HAVE patterns! LOL! Yes, it made me want to smack him...and her too sometimes!
As far as quilting...I did my blocks by hand...QAYG (with only the block and batting), then did SITD when I put the backing on and some pebbling on the outer border and scallops. I used my DSM... I've seen lots of people doing the entire thing by hand and I've seen 1 that Greenfairy quilted on her LA. I think it would cost a fortune to have a LA'er do it...thats if you can find one who would touch it.