I would ask her what you should do. Maybe she would have a good suggestion.
But, I also do not understand this type of friendship.
If you want to keep the friendship, maybe tie the quilts yourself? Or, I did this a while back, I used a decorative stitch and stitched in the center of each block to "tack" it down. Worked pretty good.
Since they are baby quilts, why not put a pretty thread in and using the walking foot, do a ziq zag stitch, either on the seams or just spaced 3 inches apart on the quilt.