sooooo pretty!!! I am working on one now... have about a dozen 2 row "flowers" done... yup, thinking it is a LONG way until mine looks like this. I agree... it does seem to want hand quilted, although, I think, in the end, if you intend to wash and use and love it, machine quilting may hold up better. If it was mine, I think I would just machine quilt it, in a simple meander