Sorry your confused, a completed quilt top to make it a quilt. You need a backing and batting and binding. If you send it to someone else you need to measure the quilt top width and height, for this to be the most accurate you measure through the middle of the quilt top in both directions. Once you get that measurement for example 60x80 you can figure out how much batting and backing and binding you need. I would recommend her looking for extra wide backing or muslin because she's a novice and because the age of the quilt it would be easier. A yard is 36 inches so to have enough length for 80 inches plus 6" (3" extra top and bottom) You would need 2 1/2 yards which is 90" if you get extra wide if not you need 5 yards of 44" wide fabric it's smart to get a couple extra inches depending on where you get it for cutting errors. You will need the same amount of batting (batting by the package will give you one piece). From there where you have to "sandwich" depends on whose quilting it. Sandwich= quilt top, batting, backing. After it's quilted the binding is put on either made from fabric, bought, or the backing fabric folded to the front. Most times when you get a quilt quilted you can pay a small fee and they will do the binding. Tell your friend this is not a cheap venture and your talking to quilt lovers so we all would say don't go the cheapest route because what she has are heirlooms...Hope that helps and good luck and happy quilting