Thank you so much for all of the suggestions. One thing I hadn't thought about (but would have after the first cut) is that I can't trim the hand sewn ones. How in the world did they handle that before cutting mats and rotary cutters?? I was thinking last night about my Grandma's quilting supplies or the lack of. I remember her saving all scraps from sewing and always asking Mommy for the scraps from her sewing and then finally getting enough for a quilt. There was no "stash". Grandma did have a sewing machine and a really nice quilting frame as Grandpa was a carpenter and made it for her. How I wish I had paid more attention. Thanks for the help and listening to me reminisce.
So far I know not to trim and I will use a fairly wide sashing. I know that hand quilting would be preferable, but I know me..it would never get done. I loved the idea of using Grandma's picture. Think I can do that with the label. I have an embroidery machine and intend to embroidery the label.