I am not quite the same age as you are, but the idea of quilting anything larger than a Twin just brings me into a mind of dread and negative thoughts. There are affordable long arm services , I use one that charges .01 per sq inch, I will pay that any day to avoid quilting a large quilt.
Not only is it the weight, but the preparing the sandwich of a large quilt. Now that everyone seems to have bigger beds ... it makes a queen or king just seem like a daunting task.